Geneviève Schmidt
Also Known As: Genevieve Schmidt
Biography: Geneviève Schmidt (born October 19, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance in the film Compulsive Liar (Menteur), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020. She has also appeared in the films Paul à Québec, Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes), Threesome (Le Trip à trois), The Fall of the American Empire (La Chute de l'empire américain), The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps), Bungalow and Nos belles-sœurs - Le film, the television series Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin, Trauma, Unité 9, Mensonges, Lâcher prise, District 31 and La Maison-Bleue, and roles on stage.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Canada
Birthday: October 19, 1978
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Gender: Female
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Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Overview: After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo’s beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately set out to find the fabulous land of “The Lost and Found” where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found. Along the way, the group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy’s bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy Patch and their lost loves.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-08-11
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Sisters and Neighbors!
Overview: The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she has dreamed of for so long. But her joy will make some people jealous...
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-07-11
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The Greatest Country in the World
Overview: In a province not so distant from ours, now controlled by a far-right government, the borders are closed and immigrants, now under threat, are desperate to get out. A Haitian woman hands over her young son to a thirty-something Quebec man before fleeing. With help from a Vietnamese former refugee, they try to solve the mystery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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La Dump - Deuxième saison
Overview: A family of dysfunctional puppets!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-08-01
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Bungalow
Overview: A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties that millennials experience in our performance society.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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Testament
Overview: In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne. Their peace is shaken by the arrival of young activists who demand the destruction of a historic fresco. Overwhelmed by an era dominated by political correctness, Jean-Michel will regain faith in humanity with the birth of an unexpected love.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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Threesome
Overview: Estelle, 34, wife and mother of the family without history, sinks into a tidy, predictable life. But a series of events puts her identity in question. Worse, she realizes that the crux of the crisis is sexual. She decides to organize a "threesome". Challenge away from his comfort zone. She plunges into this mad quest, resulting with her spouse who feels just as incompetent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-20
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The Fall of the American Empire
Overview: A shy and insecure delivery driver arrives on the scene of a robbery-gone-wrong and picks up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. He is interrogated by two tough police detectives and manages to evade suspicion but he is warned that whoever owns the money will be looking for it. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker recently released from jail might get him out of trouble.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-06-28
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Compulsive Liar
Overview: Simon Aubert runs his entire life on lies. An executive at an aviation company, he lies about everything… Simon’s self-serving lies are so abundant that the universe (governed by a handful of Buddhist monks, it seems) decides to right a wrong by teaching him a lesson and making all of the lies reality on the eve of his company’s crucial meeting with a Russian businessman that Simon absolutely needs to impress in order to prevent the closure of the small-town plant where his twin brother Phil works.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-07-10
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Family First
Overview: JP lives with his brother Vincent, his mother Joe and his girlfriend Mel in a small appartement of Verdun. Constantly walking a tightrope, JP tries to maintain a proper balance between the numerous needs of his family of which he feels responsible for, the collecting job he is doing with his brother and his involvements in his uncle’s drug cartel who he sees as a father figure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-03-09
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My Very Own Circus
Overview: A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-08-14
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Paul à Québec
Overview: In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the illness has hit Roland hard, the proud and generous patriarch of the family, who tries as best he can to hide the ultimatum he is suffering from his children. Life being what it is, Roland will have to be admitted to a palliative care center while his loved ones, including Paul, will have to come to terms with the idea of his death. In the process, Paul will take up drawing.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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The Time Thief
Overview: In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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