''The Little Queen'' () is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by
Alexis Durand-Brault
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and released in 2014.T'cha Dunlevy, "Behind the shame; La petite reine is inspired by Quebec cyclist Genevieve Jeanson, who admitted taking performance-enhancing substances for years". ''
Montreal Gazette
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'', June 13, 2014. Based on the true story of cyclist Geneviève Jeanson, whose career as a professional cyclist was derailed by a doping scandal, the film stars
Laurence Leboeuf
Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress.
Biography
Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985, in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of actors Marcel Leboeuf and Diane Lavallée. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ...
as Julie Arseneau, a cyclist who is caught doping just a few races short of the championship race, and Patrice Robitaille as her coach.
The film premiered theatrically in June 2014.
The film received four
Prix Jutra
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nominations at the
17th Jutra Awards The 17th Jutra Awards were held on March 15, 2015 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2014.Best Actor (Robitaille),
Best Actress
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(Leboeuf), Best Sound (Mario Auclair, Stéphane Bergeron, Marcel Pothier and Christian Rivest) and Best Editing (Louis-Philippe Rathé)."Prix Jutra: «Mommy» de Xavier Dolan à l'honneur avec dix nominations".
Canadian Press
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