''Red Nose'' () is a 2003 Canadian
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film, directed by
Érik Canuel
Érik Canuel (January 21, 1961 – June 15, 2024) was a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec.
Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel, began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, ...
. Starring
Patrick Huard
Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer and comedian from Quebec.
Career
Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality, with success as a stand-up comedian in the ...
as Félix Legendre, an acerbic literary critic, and
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier as Céline Bourgeois, a writer whose most recent work he harshly trashed, the film traces their journey from hate at first sight to falling in love when they are unexpectedly assigned as each other's partners while volunteering for Quebec's annual
Opération Nez rouge Christmas driving service.
The film's cast also includes
Pierre Lebeau
Pierre Lebeau (born 22 July 1954) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for major roles in Quebec big-box movies such as ''Séraphin: Heart of Stone'' and the four-part ''Les Boys'' series.
Life and career
His acting career started on the theatr ...
,
Jacques Godin,
Christian Bégin,
Caroline Dhavernas,
Sylvain Marcel
Sylvain Marcel (born 1964) is a Canadian actor. Marcel is best known in French Canada for appearing in Familiprix television commercials since 2003, and in English Canada for his role in the hit film '' Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' as Luc Therrien. He has ...
,
Stéphane Breton,
Frédéric Desager and
Dany Laferrière
Dany Laferrière (; born Windsor Klébert Laferrière, 13 April 1953) is a writer and filmmaker. He was elected to seat 2 of the Académie française on 12 December 2013, and inducted in May 2015. Born in Haiti, he lives between Montreal and P ...
.
Claudette Casavant received a
Prix Jutra nomination for Best Makeup, at the
6th Jutra Awards, for her work on the film.
["Jutra nominations recognize art and commerce". '']National Post
The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only. '', January 23, 2004.
References
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2003 films
Canadian romantic comedy films
Canadian Christmas films
Films shot in Montreal
Films set in Montreal
Films directed by Érik Canuel
French-language Canadian films
2000s Canadian films
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