The first film by Canadian playwright Michel Monty, Une vie qui commence will come out in theatres on January 21 in Quebec.
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife); Raymond Cloutier as Guy (Jacques's father); and Rita Lafontaine as Mariette (Guy's wife). The film also stars Mathis Brisson, Juliette Vernes-Monty, Yves Sauvé, Éliane Préfontaine and Étienne Soucy-Lord.
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife); Raymond Cloutier as Guy (Jacques's father); and Rita Lafontaine as Mariette (Guy's wife). The film also stars Mathis Brisson, Juliette Vernes-Monty, Yves Sauvé, Éliane Préfontaine and Étienne Soucy-Lord.
- 1/5/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
A group of Quebecker films have been presented at Paris at the Forum des images for four days.
Until November 28, Parisians and also possible French distributors can see 14 Quebecker feature films.
These films are:
* Une vie qui commence, by Michel Monty.
* L'enfant prodige, by Luc Dionne.
* À l'origine d'un cri, by Robin Aubert.
* Route 132, by Louis Bélanger.
* Piché: entre ciel et terre, by Sylvain Archambault.
* Journal d'un Coopérant, by Robert Morin.
* 10 ½, by Daniel Grou.
* Filière 13, by Patrick Huard.
* The Trotsky, by Jacob Tierney.
* Jo pour Jonathan, by Maxime Giroux.
* Les 7 jours du talion, by Daniel Grou.
* Trois temps après la mort d'Anna, by Catherine Martin.
* Curling, by Denis Côté.
* Incendies, de Denis Villeneuve.
Finally, of all these 14 films, only Incendies has a planned released in France, which will be on January 12, 2011.
Until November 28, Parisians and also possible French distributors can see 14 Quebecker feature films.
These films are:
* Une vie qui commence, by Michel Monty.
* L'enfant prodige, by Luc Dionne.
* À l'origine d'un cri, by Robin Aubert.
* Route 132, by Louis Bélanger.
* Piché: entre ciel et terre, by Sylvain Archambault.
* Journal d'un Coopérant, by Robert Morin.
* 10 ½, by Daniel Grou.
* Filière 13, by Patrick Huard.
* The Trotsky, by Jacob Tierney.
* Jo pour Jonathan, by Maxime Giroux.
* Les 7 jours du talion, by Daniel Grou.
* Trois temps après la mort d'Anna, by Catherine Martin.
* Curling, by Denis Côté.
* Incendies, de Denis Villeneuve.
Finally, of all these 14 films, only Incendies has a planned released in France, which will be on January 12, 2011.
- 11/24/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Alliance Vivafilm, a Canadian distributor, has finally released the first trailer of the upcoming Canadian film Une vie qui commence. This first film by playwright Michel Monty will be in theatres on November 12.
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife); Raymond Cloutier as Guy (Jacques's father); and Rita Lafontaine as Mariette (Guy's wife). The film also stars Mathis Brisson,...
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife); Raymond Cloutier as Guy (Jacques's father); and Rita Lafontaine as Mariette (Guy's wife). The film also stars Mathis Brisson,...
- 8/4/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Canadian playwright Michel Monty has had the chance to direct his first feature film Une vie qui commence (formerly known as Cent milliards de neuronnes). Before, the film's release in fall, let's see Monty and the cast of Une vie qui commence talk about the plot on the set.
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife...
The film tells the story of a French Quebecker family at the beginning of the 1960s. Jacques Langevin (François Papineau) is a doctor and a father who lives in a suburb of Montreal with his family. In short, he's got everything to be happy. However, because of a secret he's kept for many years, Jacques suddenly dies. From this moment on, we get to see how his family lives their bereavement and deals with it through the eyes of Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault), the oldest of Jacques' three children.
Among the leading actors, there are Julie LeBreton as Louise (Jacques's wife...
- 6/1/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Vanessa Paradis will star in "Cafe de flore," a time-spanning love story that marks director Jean-Marc Vallee's return to French-language filmmaking.
French-Canadian Vallee wrote and directed 2005's "C.R.A.Z.Y.," his award-winning 1970s-set breakthrough, then directed the Emily Blunt period movie "Young Victoria," released last year. He began writing "Cafe" just before he took on the Graham King-produced "Victoria."
"I have been writing it since 2007, and when I was offered 'Young Victoria,' a love story, I thought why not do it, it will be good practice," said Vallee, who also directs. "I see this as a continuation of 'C.R.A.Z.Y,' which gave me the confidence and the wings to fly high."
Vallee describes "Cafe" as "an epic love story that deals with supernatural resources." It tells two stories, one set in the 1960s and follows a mother of a child with Down syndrome, and the other...
French-Canadian Vallee wrote and directed 2005's "C.R.A.Z.Y.," his award-winning 1970s-set breakthrough, then directed the Emily Blunt period movie "Young Victoria," released last year. He began writing "Cafe" just before he took on the Graham King-produced "Victoria."
"I have been writing it since 2007, and when I was offered 'Young Victoria,' a love story, I thought why not do it, it will be good practice," said Vallee, who also directs. "I see this as a continuation of 'C.R.A.Z.Y,' which gave me the confidence and the wings to fly high."
Vallee describes "Cafe" as "an epic love story that deals with supernatural resources." It tells two stories, one set in the 1960s and follows a mother of a child with Down syndrome, and the other...
- 5/18/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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