''Lucien Brouillard'' is a 1983 French Canadian political

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film directed by

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, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 132. It stars

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, Roger Blay, and

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Plot

Lucien Brouillard is a radical political activist whose aggressive efforts to combat injustice often lands him in trouble and leads him to neglect his wife Alice and their baby. The situation deteriorates when he unexpectedly encounters his childhood friend Martineau, a rich lawyer who has a close relationship with the provincial government.

Cast

as Lucien Brouillard * Roger Blay as Jacques Martineau *

as Alice Tanguay *

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as André Morin *

Jean Duceppe Jean Hotte-Duceppe (25 October 1923 – 7 December 1990) was a Canadian stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec. Early life and education Born on 25 October 1923 to a family of local shopkeepers in working-class Montreal, Jean Duceppe ...

as Prime Minister Provencher *

Germain Houde Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Genie Award-winning Canadian actor from Petit-Saguenay, Quebec. He has usually played tough-guy parts; his screen characters have ranged from cruel criminals to corrupt policemen. A graduate of the Con ...

as Detective

Accolades

The film received six

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nominations in 1984, for

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, Best Actor,

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, Best Art Director and Best Costume Design.

Jay Scott Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincol ...

, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". ''

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'', February 10, 1984.

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s French-language films Canadian drama films Films shot in Montreal French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub