Director: Xavier Dolan Writer: Xavier Dolan Starring: Nathalie Baye, Melvil Poupaud, Monia Chokri, Suzanne Clément, Yves Jacques, Guylaine Tremblay, Catherine Bégin, Sophie Faucher I would like to dance to Xavier Dolan movies -- especially Laurence Anyways, which screened in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section -- I love the rhythm, I like the aesthetics, I appreciate the good companionship; yet, Laurence causes me some troubles. I gave Dolan a lot of credit after watching his truly amazing Les amours imaginaires (2010). Today, I am fond of his latest movie but I am considering the French-Canadian director as an author. Watching Laurence as an individual piece of art might develop into annoyance or into deep fascination. That opinion is good enough to make one go to the cinema, spend nearly three hours of their life there and decide on which side it is better to be –- among those who think that the...
- 5/19/2012
- by Anna Bielak
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The great thing about international film festivals is the sheer breadth and variety of projects that they allow audiences to engage with, giving you the opportunity to discover cinematic gems from around the world that would never have made it anywhere near your local multiplex.
Mourning for Anna – a title that hits the nail right on the head – is no easy sell. While there will no doubt be those who marveled at its skeletal story and honest portrayal of the grieving process, I found no such classic in this offering from director Catherine Martin – a French language ode to misery.
The film opens with a minimalist animation, effectively foreshadowing the slight characterization and sketchy plotting that will befall the feature proper. Anna (Sheila Jaffe) is an accomplished violinist who we meet in the midst of concert as she harmonizes an intimidating rendition of Bach. From the audience her adoring mother beams up at the spectacle,...
Mourning for Anna – a title that hits the nail right on the head – is no easy sell. While there will no doubt be those who marveled at its skeletal story and honest portrayal of the grieving process, I found no such classic in this offering from director Catherine Martin – a French language ode to misery.
The film opens with a minimalist animation, effectively foreshadowing the slight characterization and sketchy plotting that will befall the feature proper. Anna (Sheila Jaffe) is an accomplished violinist who we meet in the midst of concert as she harmonizes an intimidating rendition of Bach. From the audience her adoring mother beams up at the spectacle,...
- 6/30/2011
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The nominations for the 26th Gémeaux Awards, Quebec's equivalent of the Emmy Awards, have been revealed today.
1. Best dramatic TV series:
* 19-2.
* Les rescapés.
* Malenfant.
* Prozac, La Maladie Du Bonheur.
2. Best soap opera:
* Destinées.
* La promesse.
* Providence.
* Yamaska.
3. Best comedy series:
* La galère.
* Les Parent.
* Mauvais Karma.
* Penthouse 5-0.
* Tout sur moi.
4. Best actor in a dramatic TV series:
* Claude Legault in 19-2.
* Réal Bossé in 19-2.
* Roy Dupuis in Les rescapés.
* Luc Picard in Malenfant.
* Éric Bruneau in Toute la vérité.
5. Best actress in a dramatic TV series:
* Maude Guérin in Belle-Baie.
* Guylaine Tremblay in Les rescapés.
* Julie McClemens in Malenfant.
* Isabelle Blais in Prozac, la maladie du bonheur.
* Maude Guérin in Toute la vérité.
6. Best actor in a soap opera:
* Sébastien Delorme in La promesse.
* Bernard Fortin in Providence.
* Hugo Dubé in Providence.
* Normand d'Amour in Yamasca.
* Denis Bernard in Yamaska.
7. Best actress in a soap opera:
* Marie-Chantal Perron in Destinées.
1. Best dramatic TV series:
* 19-2.
* Les rescapés.
* Malenfant.
* Prozac, La Maladie Du Bonheur.
2. Best soap opera:
* Destinées.
* La promesse.
* Providence.
* Yamaska.
3. Best comedy series:
* La galère.
* Les Parent.
* Mauvais Karma.
* Penthouse 5-0.
* Tout sur moi.
4. Best actor in a dramatic TV series:
* Claude Legault in 19-2.
* Réal Bossé in 19-2.
* Roy Dupuis in Les rescapés.
* Luc Picard in Malenfant.
* Éric Bruneau in Toute la vérité.
5. Best actress in a dramatic TV series:
* Maude Guérin in Belle-Baie.
* Guylaine Tremblay in Les rescapés.
* Julie McClemens in Malenfant.
* Isabelle Blais in Prozac, la maladie du bonheur.
* Maude Guérin in Toute la vérité.
6. Best actor in a soap opera:
* Sébastien Delorme in La promesse.
* Bernard Fortin in Providence.
* Hugo Dubé in Providence.
* Normand d'Amour in Yamasca.
* Denis Bernard in Yamaska.
7. Best actress in a soap opera:
* Marie-Chantal Perron in Destinées.
- 6/16/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, has renewed the drama Les rescapés for a second season.
However, the TV network didn't officially confirm it. We only learned it through a list of show which will receive funding from the Fonds Quebecor, a private patronage program for TV production.
This show created by Frédéric Ouellet (Grande ourse) follows a family from Montreal in 1964. Gérald Boivin (Roy Dupuis), a detective of the Montreal Police, and his family have been mysteriously transported in the Montreal of 2010. While being in a-not-so distant future, the Boivins will question their values and beliefs. Besides, whether they like it or not, the family has to build closer ties. However, in order to go back to where they came from, the Boivins must find the man who sent them in the future.
The show also stars Guylaine Tremblay, Maxim Gaudette, Céline Bonnier, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin, Eve Lemieux, Antoine L'Écuyer,...
However, the TV network didn't officially confirm it. We only learned it through a list of show which will receive funding from the Fonds Quebecor, a private patronage program for TV production.
This show created by Frédéric Ouellet (Grande ourse) follows a family from Montreal in 1964. Gérald Boivin (Roy Dupuis), a detective of the Montreal Police, and his family have been mysteriously transported in the Montreal of 2010. While being in a-not-so distant future, the Boivins will question their values and beliefs. Besides, whether they like it or not, the family has to build closer ties. However, in order to go back to where they came from, the Boivins must find the man who sent them in the future.
The show also stars Guylaine Tremblay, Maxim Gaudette, Céline Bonnier, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin, Eve Lemieux, Antoine L'Écuyer,...
- 6/1/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Unlike last year's two filmmaker/film horse race between Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique and Xavier Dolan's J'ai tué ma mere, this year it was all "Villeneuve" and "Incendies". Repeating his wins in all the same categories it won at the Canadian Oscars (Genies) this week (this includes Editing, Screenplay, Best Cinematography by the excellent André Turpin, Best Actress in Lubna Azabal (who forced here co-star Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin to give her own thank you speech). These wins more than makes up for his loss last year when Villeneuve won the Best Director honor for Polytechnique, but lost in the Best Film category to J'ai tué ma mere. The predictable 13th edition also saw a Genie-Jutra winner from Barney's Version and in the Animated Film category, the Nfb (naturally) supported Theodore Ushev added a Jutra to his Genie for Lipsett Diaries. Best Film/meilleur film 10 1/2 - Pierre Gendron (Zoofilms) Les amours imaginaires - Xavier Dolan,...
- 3/14/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Yesterday, the nominees for the 13th Jutra Awards ceremony were revealed. The winners of this Quebecker Oscar will be revealed next month. The following is the full list of nominees.
Best motion picture:
* 10 1/2
* Les amours imaginaires
* Curling
* Incendies
* Les signes vitaux
Best director:
* Denis Côté- Curling
* Xavier Dolan- Les amours imaginaires
* Kim Nguyen - La cité
* Podz (Daniel Grou) - 10 1/2
* Denis Villeneuve- Incendies
Best leading actress:
* Lubna Azabal - Incendies
* Suzanne Clément - Tromper le silence
* Mélissa Desormeaux-Poulin - Incendies
* Évelyne Rompré- 2 fois une femme
* Guylaine Tremblay- Trois temps après la mort d'Anna
Best leading actor:
* Jay Baruchel - The Trotsky
* Emmanuel Bilodeau - Curling
* Jacques Godin - La dernière fugue
* Claude Legault - 10 1/2
* François Papineau - Route 132
Best supporting actress:
* Dorothée Berryman - Cabotins
* Marie Brassard - Les signes vitaux
* Geneviève Chartrand - Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme
* Isabelle Miquelon - La dernière fugue
* Danielle Proulx...
Best motion picture:
* 10 1/2
* Les amours imaginaires
* Curling
* Incendies
* Les signes vitaux
Best director:
* Denis Côté- Curling
* Xavier Dolan- Les amours imaginaires
* Kim Nguyen - La cité
* Podz (Daniel Grou) - 10 1/2
* Denis Villeneuve- Incendies
Best leading actress:
* Lubna Azabal - Incendies
* Suzanne Clément - Tromper le silence
* Mélissa Desormeaux-Poulin - Incendies
* Évelyne Rompré- 2 fois une femme
* Guylaine Tremblay- Trois temps après la mort d'Anna
Best leading actor:
* Jay Baruchel - The Trotsky
* Emmanuel Bilodeau - Curling
* Jacques Godin - La dernière fugue
* Claude Legault - 10 1/2
* François Papineau - Route 132
Best supporting actress:
* Dorothée Berryman - Cabotins
* Marie Brassard - Les signes vitaux
* Geneviève Chartrand - Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme
* Isabelle Miquelon - La dernière fugue
* Danielle Proulx...
- 2/11/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
When Radio-Canada, a French Canadian public TV network, revealed its 2010 fall primetime schedule, it announced that there will be two new original series for this fall. While The Cultural Post already talked about Mauvais Karma, it will talk about the other new series: Les rescapés.
This show created by Frédéric Ouellet (Grande ourse) follows a family from Montreal in 1964. Gérald Boivin (Roy Dupuis), a detective of the Montreal Police, and his family have been mysteriously transported in the Montreal of 2010. While being in a-not-so distant future, the Boivins will question their values and beliefs. Besides, whether they like it or not, the family has to build closer ties. However, in order to go back to where they came from, the Boivins must find the man who sent them in the future.
The show also star Guylaine Tremblay, Maxim Gaudette, Céline Bonnier, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin and many more.
Finally, Les rescapés will...
This show created by Frédéric Ouellet (Grande ourse) follows a family from Montreal in 1964. Gérald Boivin (Roy Dupuis), a detective of the Montreal Police, and his family have been mysteriously transported in the Montreal of 2010. While being in a-not-so distant future, the Boivins will question their values and beliefs. Besides, whether they like it or not, the family has to build closer ties. However, in order to go back to where they came from, the Boivins must find the man who sent them in the future.
The show also star Guylaine Tremblay, Maxim Gaudette, Céline Bonnier, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin and many more.
Finally, Les rescapés will...
- 6/3/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
For fans of Canadian independent films, the trailer of Trois temps après la mort d'Anna, the next film by director Catherine Martin, is already online.
In the film, a violonist is assassinated in her apartment in Montreal. Because she's devastated by the death of Anna, her only daughter, Françoise (Guylaine Tremblay) leaves Montreal for Kamouraska. Once there, she'll want to live alone in the house she inherited from her maternal ancestors. While she's trying hard to feel the presence of her daughter in the nature, Françoise contemplates committing a suicide. However, she'll be saved by Édouard (François Papineau), a painter. Besides, it appears that Édouard and Françoise met each other during their adolescence.
Finally, the film will hit theatres on August 13, 2010.
Other informations:
1. Facebook page of the film.
2. Official web site of the film.
In the film, a violonist is assassinated in her apartment in Montreal. Because she's devastated by the death of Anna, her only daughter, Françoise (Guylaine Tremblay) leaves Montreal for Kamouraska. Once there, she'll want to live alone in the house she inherited from her maternal ancestors. While she's trying hard to feel the presence of her daughter in the nature, Françoise contemplates committing a suicide. However, she'll be saved by Édouard (François Papineau), a painter. Besides, it appears that Édouard and Françoise met each other during their adolescence.
Finally, the film will hit theatres on August 13, 2010.
Other informations:
1. Facebook page of the film.
2. Official web site of the film.
- 6/1/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Drama Continental: Un Film Sans Fusil (a Film Without Guns) emerged the big winner at the Jutra Awards in Quebec, Canada on Sunday, after winning four prizes including the coveted prize for Best Picture.
The movie also took home awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director for Stephane Lafleur and Best Supporting Actor for Real Bosse.
It wasn't the only quadruple-winner of the night - the Keira Knightley-starring period drama Silk claimed honours for technical skill, including Best Cinematography and Best Costume.
But the Jutra Awards proved to be less fruitful for comedy/drama Les 3 p'tits cochones (The 3 Little Pigs), which won just one of the 13 gongs it was nominated for. It was recognised for the Billet d'or (Golden ticket) trophy, which is handed to the most successful domestic film at the Quebec box office after scooping profits of $4.5 million (GBP2.25 million) in 2007.
Meanwhile, Roy Dupuis was named Best Actor for his role in Shake Hands With the Devil, and Best Actress went to Guylaine Tremblay for her part in Contre toute esperance.
The movie also took home awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director for Stephane Lafleur and Best Supporting Actor for Real Bosse.
It wasn't the only quadruple-winner of the night - the Keira Knightley-starring period drama Silk claimed honours for technical skill, including Best Cinematography and Best Costume.
But the Jutra Awards proved to be less fruitful for comedy/drama Les 3 p'tits cochones (The 3 Little Pigs), which won just one of the 13 gongs it was nominated for. It was recognised for the Billet d'or (Golden ticket) trophy, which is handed to the most successful domestic film at the Quebec box office after scooping profits of $4.5 million (GBP2.25 million) in 2007.
Meanwhile, Roy Dupuis was named Best Actor for his role in Shake Hands With the Devil, and Best Actress went to Guylaine Tremblay for her part in Contre toute esperance.
- 3/10/2008
- WENN
Locarno International Film Festival
LOCARNO, Switzerland -- In "Summit Circle" ("Contre toute esperance"), Quebec director Bernard Emond continues his trilogy on faith, hope and charity with another moving drama about good people trying to find their way in a world of despair. Following his exploration of faith in "The Novena" in 2005, Emond tells a compassionate but unsentimental story of a loving couple struggling to maintain hope in the face of devastating illness. He draws exceptional performances from a cast led by Guylaine Tremblay and Guy Jodoin as the couple, and the film, here in Competition, may expect to join the earlier film in winning wide applause and prizes.
Structured as a police procedural with lots of flashbacks, it begins with a distraught and bloodied woman being arrested after emptying a rifle into the walls and windows of a rich man's home. When the woman's husband is found shot dead by the same rifle at their apartment, Lt. Allard (Rene-Daniel Dubois) attempts to piece together what happened. He is not helped by the fact that the woman, Rejeanne (Tremblay), is so traumatized she is unable to speak.
Emond tells the story through the silent woman's memories while the policeman digs for information from friends and neighbors. Childhood sweethearts, switchboard operator Rejeanne and her truck driver husband Gilles (Jodoin) have made a happy life together and have just moved into a lovely suburban home when he suffers a stroke.
Then she is laid off when the call center where she has worked for 20 years is sold with the firm's chief executive, whose compensation that year is $13 million, explaining that it was due to market forces. As Gilles' health deteriorates, Rejeanne takes whatever work she can get but they must give up their dream home. With support from her husband's best friend, Claude (Gildor Roy), she fights to sustain hope as things just get worse.
Tremblay gives a measured and deeply felt performance as the loving and dignified wife while Jodin carries off the difficult task of a man becoming increasingly debilitated. Jean-Claude Labrecque's cinematography is warm and elegant while Robert Marcel Lepage's score offers shrewd accompaniment.
Emond conveys life's verities without rancor and scenes contrasting the wealthy man's good fortune with the desperation of his dismissed employees are all the more powerful for being subtle.
The deliberate pace never flags and small moments such as the stricken man pausing to enjoy the sound of Canada Geese flying south or the woman struggling to remain poised in the face of adversity add depth to a thoughtful and illuminating film.
SUMMIT CIRCLE
Seville Pictures presents a Corporation Acpav production
Credits:
Director, screenwriter: Bernard Emond
Producer: Bernadette Payeur
Director of photography: Jean-Claude Labrecque
Production designer: Gaudeline Sauriol
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Costume designer: Sophie Lefebvre
Editor: Louise Cote
Cast:
Rejeanne: Guylaine Tremblay
Gilles: Guy Jodoin
Claude: Gildor Roy
Lieutenant Allard: Rene-Daniel Dubois
Deniger: Serge Houde
House owner: Jasmine Dube
Supervisor: Annick Bergeron
Neighbor: Carmen Sylvestre
Maid: Yael Guazo
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
LOCARNO, Switzerland -- In "Summit Circle" ("Contre toute esperance"), Quebec director Bernard Emond continues his trilogy on faith, hope and charity with another moving drama about good people trying to find their way in a world of despair. Following his exploration of faith in "The Novena" in 2005, Emond tells a compassionate but unsentimental story of a loving couple struggling to maintain hope in the face of devastating illness. He draws exceptional performances from a cast led by Guylaine Tremblay and Guy Jodoin as the couple, and the film, here in Competition, may expect to join the earlier film in winning wide applause and prizes.
Structured as a police procedural with lots of flashbacks, it begins with a distraught and bloodied woman being arrested after emptying a rifle into the walls and windows of a rich man's home. When the woman's husband is found shot dead by the same rifle at their apartment, Lt. Allard (Rene-Daniel Dubois) attempts to piece together what happened. He is not helped by the fact that the woman, Rejeanne (Tremblay), is so traumatized she is unable to speak.
Emond tells the story through the silent woman's memories while the policeman digs for information from friends and neighbors. Childhood sweethearts, switchboard operator Rejeanne and her truck driver husband Gilles (Jodoin) have made a happy life together and have just moved into a lovely suburban home when he suffers a stroke.
Then she is laid off when the call center where she has worked for 20 years is sold with the firm's chief executive, whose compensation that year is $13 million, explaining that it was due to market forces. As Gilles' health deteriorates, Rejeanne takes whatever work she can get but they must give up their dream home. With support from her husband's best friend, Claude (Gildor Roy), she fights to sustain hope as things just get worse.
Tremblay gives a measured and deeply felt performance as the loving and dignified wife while Jodin carries off the difficult task of a man becoming increasingly debilitated. Jean-Claude Labrecque's cinematography is warm and elegant while Robert Marcel Lepage's score offers shrewd accompaniment.
Emond conveys life's verities without rancor and scenes contrasting the wealthy man's good fortune with the desperation of his dismissed employees are all the more powerful for being subtle.
The deliberate pace never flags and small moments such as the stricken man pausing to enjoy the sound of Canada Geese flying south or the woman struggling to remain poised in the face of adversity add depth to a thoughtful and illuminating film.
SUMMIT CIRCLE
Seville Pictures presents a Corporation Acpav production
Credits:
Director, screenwriter: Bernard Emond
Producer: Bernadette Payeur
Director of photography: Jean-Claude Labrecque
Production designer: Gaudeline Sauriol
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Costume designer: Sophie Lefebvre
Editor: Louise Cote
Cast:
Rejeanne: Guylaine Tremblay
Gilles: Guy Jodoin
Claude: Gildor Roy
Lieutenant Allard: Rene-Daniel Dubois
Deniger: Serge Houde
House owner: Jasmine Dube
Supervisor: Annick Bergeron
Neighbor: Carmen Sylvestre
Maid: Yael Guazo
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 8/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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