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Rita Lafontaine (8 June 1939 – 4 April 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011.
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01 January 2002
Making of documentary filmed over months of rehearsal and experimentation between director André Brassard and the cast to flesh out Michel Tremblay's "Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d’été".
19 February 1978
A young police officer goes through Abitibi to take a train with a young convict who escaped from her orphanage.
26 May 1992
Pierre is in love with two women and has a stable relationship with both of them. His wife, all by herself, makes him feel whole.
07 October 2011
Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion program in the fictional, remote town of St-Isidore-du-Coeur-de-Jésus, tucked away somewhere in Northern Quebec.
01 January 1972
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid.
26 May 1988
A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn't seen since infancy.
29 May 1996
Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet.
01 November 1994
Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years.
20 March 1975
Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte).
18 July 1973
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor.
20 May 2003
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St.
28 August 1985
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, and lost everything.
11 December 2009
Noémie, sept ans bientôt huit, passe beaucoup de temps avec sa voisine, Madame Lumbago, puisque ses parents sont très occupés à cause de leur travail.
03 November 1976
In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.
21 November 2010
A twelve year old loses his doctor father to an overdose.
01 November 1973
A down-and-out man who got separated, gets his second chance in a boarding house, thanks to a friend who is a con man, and falls in love with a roommate.
26 May 1974
Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and has decided to present himself as Cleopatra.
29 August 1988
A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding.
29 January 1985
In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked.
14 September 1998
Louise is living in Montreal, unemployed. Her sister Paulette often gives her a hard time. She only gets to see her poetry-quoting married boyfriend Julien once a week.
25 December 1971
The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire that draws its irony from a specific social situation.
23 September 1976
A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.
24 April 1980
Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships.
28 March 1994
Soho, an aspiring young woman of about 30, lives on the fringe with all those who, like her, believe that one day they will be a famous writer, a star dancer or a famous director.
14 June 1985
Ten-year-old Sébastiana recounts the history and legends and explains the local customs of Andahuaylillas, Peru, a small village located high in the Andes.
27 February 1975
Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle. Given the opportunity to earn $50,000 killing a prominent New York City gangster, he leaps at the opportunity, ignoring the warnings of Montreal’s leading mob boss, who has forbidden local criminals from taking the assignment.
11 February 1977
30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with her parents and siblings.
13 January 1976
A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida.
