Andrée Lachapelle
Biography: Andrée Lachapelle (November 13, 1931 – November 21, 2019) was a French Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, she trained at age 14 at the Studio XV theatre school under Gerard Vleminckx, later attended teacher's college and taught elementary school for a few years. In 1952 she met actor Robert Gadouas, performed with him, and had three children before his death in 1969. She later appeared in plays by Michel Tremblay, Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams and in the films Rope Around the Neck (La corde au cou), YUL 871, Laura Laur, Léolo, Cap Tourmente, Route 132, The Last Escape and Don't Let the Angels Fall. In 1985, Andrée Lachapelle was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. On November 21, 2019, Lachapelle died via assisted suicide at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer. She posthumously won the Prix Iris for Best Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for her final performance in the film And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 13, 1931
Deathday: November 21, 2019
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Games of the Heart
2001-02-09
Games of the Heart
Overview: A woman in love with a musician has a change of heart on her 18th birthday.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-02-09
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Léolo
1992-09-16
Léolo
Overview: The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-09-16
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Dear Father
1979-04-11
Dear Father
Overview: In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-04-11
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The Last Escape
2010-02-26
The Last Escape
Overview: Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of emotions running through each person. The patriarch of the family suffers from a combination of Parkinson’s Disease and heart failure. His life reduced in every way, the end approaches and there are unhappy memories of his once violent and authoritarian past. But his wife, ten children and many grandchildren try to maintain a semblance of the Christmas season.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-02-26
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Daniel and the Superdogs
2004-10-27
Daniel and the Superdogs
Overview: A young boy still recovering from his mother's recent death teams with his two best friends to turn a regular pooch into a stunt-performing super-dog in this affectionate comedy for the whole family. Losing a parent is never easy, but for 11 year old Daniel it's been especially hard; when his father dives into work in an attempt to keep his grief at bay, Daniel starts causing mischief around the neighborhood with his best friends William and Colin. When the kids catch wind of a canine.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-27
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Caroline
1964-01-01
Caroline
Overview: Twenty-four year old Montréaler Caroline works as a sales representative for a telephone company. She's married to Claude, the two who have a young son. On their fourth wedding anniversary, about which Claude seems to have forgot or doesn't care, Caroline seems unhappy with her life, although she approaches it with a certain efficiency. When she was growing up, she, like any girl, had several ideas which changed all the time of what she wanted to do with her life when she grew up. But her life hasn't seemed to come close to any of those dreams. Can Claude or anyone else reassure Caroline about her life, especially on this milestone?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Dans le ventre du dragon
1989-05-26
Dans le ventre du dragon
Overview: The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La Haye. Unable to make ends meet with his minimum-wage job, La Haye hires himself out as a guinea pig to genially loopy scientist Marie Tifo. It is the doctor's contention that a person's intelligence can be artificially increased. La Haye proves her right...up to a point, that is. Extremely popular in Canada, Dans le Ventre du Dragon has yet to receive proper distribution in the States.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-05-26
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Cap Tourmente
1993-05-27
Cap Tourmente
Overview: Alex has a deeply troubled mind. He also has a seriously dysfunctional - not to say incestuous - family. Why then, has he returned from his merchant seaman job to the rocky coasts of his home? Perhaps he couldn't cut manage to march in his father's footsteps in that job. His mother doesn't seem to mind, and lets him stay at her bed and breakfast hotel. His sister still seems to have the hots for him, just as she does for his (and her) old boyfriend Jean-Louis, who has just shown up. Even his mother seems to find him sexy. All these people appear eager to get their hands on his body, but he's too wrapped up in what's going on inside his head to notice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-05-27
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Moody Beach
1990-08-25
Moody Beach
Overview: A man and a woman, who are both trying to run away from the banalities of life, fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-08-25
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Happy Memories
1981-10-08
Happy Memories
Overview: A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-08
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YUL 871
1966-07-30
YUL 871
Overview: An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents displaced by World War II, and partly because of the prevailing restlessness of the age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-07-30
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Route 132
2010-10-06
Route 132
Overview: Two old friends and small-time crooks embark on a crime spree, but take an unexpected detour that could lead them down the road to redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-10-06
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Albertine in Five Times
2000-01-01
Albertine in Five Times
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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La pension des étranges
2004-01-17
La pension des étranges
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-01-17
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La Corde au cou
1965-11-04
La Corde au cou
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-04
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...Comme un voleur
1990-01-01
...Comme un voleur
Overview: A garagist must take care of his sick mother and irresponsible brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Nelligan
1991-09-27
Nelligan
Overview: This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who struggled through a difficult childhood with the help of his loving mother, only to see his career cut short by tragic circumstances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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And the Birds Rained Down
2019-09-13
And the Birds Rained Down
Overview: A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. But before she arrives, she learns that Boychuck has just perished. Survivors of the long-ago fire, Tom and Charlie, two elderly men who have chosen to live out their last days in the woods, are introduced to Marie Desneige, whose 60 year institutionalization has only fueled her passion for life. Meanwhile, the photographer is discovering that Boychuck had been a painter, whose life’s work had been entirely inspired by the Great Fire. The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of these men of the forest. Three men who, in choosing freedom above all else, made a deal with death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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The Meteor
2013-01-16
The Meteor
Overview: Forty-something Pierre is serving a fourteen year prison sentence. His mother, who is approaching eighty, visits him every week. Suzanne, Pierre's current wife, has moved on since he was sent away. Each character gives us a frank account of a period in their lives that seems suspended in time by the fragile connection between life on the inside and the world outside. Their destinies are linked by crime, guilt and loneliness, and like casualties of love and desire, they are dying to stick their heads above the water and breathe the air of life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-16
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Don't Let the Angels Fall
1969-06-07
Don't Let the Angels Fall
Overview: The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-07
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Les beaux dimanches
1974-10-10
Les beaux dimanches
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-10
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Jesus of Montreal
1989-05-15
Jesus of Montreal
Overview: A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-05-15
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The Passion of Augustine
2015-03-20
The Passion of Augustine
Overview: The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-03-20
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Straight for the Heart
1988-09-30
Straight for the Heart
Overview: Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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La belle empoisonneuse
2007-10-02
La belle empoisonneuse
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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