Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Also Known As: Johanne Marie Tremblay
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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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 Barbarian Invasions
Overview: In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-09-24
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Heritage Minutes: Orphans
Overview: French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-31
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I Killed My Mother
Overview: Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-05
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In the Shadow
Overview: A mother who has recently been incarcerated refuses to give up on her young son, no matter how fragile their connection may now be.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-01
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Battle of the Brave
Overview: In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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The Clean Machine
Overview: Three children, Benoît, Charles and Marie, provide housekeeping services to creatively spend their time during the summer school vacations while making extra pocket money. Their small business becomes very successful in the neighborhood, but goes terribly wrong when jealousy, sabotage, fraud, and a failed love story begin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-07-03
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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: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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Being at Home with Claude
Overview: The relationship between lovers Yves and Claude comes to an abrupt conclusion when, as the couple are making love, Yves slices Claude's throat, killing him. After being taken into custody for his crime, the police inspector demands to know the reason behind Yves' actions. Yves then weaves the tale of his life with Claude, explaining the origins of their relationship and how it reached a point where murder was the only possible conclusion.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-05-26
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The Auction
Overview: Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather, he has two daughters that he raised like princesses and who live far away, in the big city. One day, the oldest asks him for some financial support so she doesn't end up losing her house...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-05
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Longing for Eternity
Overview: In this melodrama, Marie and Pierre (Danielle Proulx and Marc Messier) are a comfortably middle-class couple who want the ultimate accessory: a baby. Their efforts to conceive naturally have been unsuccessful, so they decide to try using the newest artificial methods of conception. Unfortunately for them, the clinician they contact for help is also given to conducting unauthorized experiments on the human lifespan, cloning, etc. Eventually the fertilization effort is successful, and Marie has conceived quadruplets. The couple discusses this situation while driving, and are killed in an auto accident.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-05-26
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La vie fantôme
Overview: 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. However, he has the identical feeling with his librarian mistress and cannot understand why this arrangement shouldn't be satisfactory for everyone concerned.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-05-26
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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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1st Love
Overview: Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first stirrings of love-which soon yield a troubling brew of anxiety, desire and obsession. He eventually comes across a terrible secret that will forever change his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-06-21
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Nuits d'Afrique
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-25
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The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't
Overview: Two girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-11-27
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A Girl at the Window
Overview: Imprisoned by an illness, a young country girl decides to leave for Quebec City in order to study piano and discover an animated and enthralling lifestyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-01-31
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Un hiver de tourmente
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Polytechnique
Overview: A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-02-06
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Puncher's Chance
Overview: A struggling single father and former Boxer, reluctantly takes a match on short notice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-10
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Encore
Overview: Claire Gagner, a graduate student in psychology at McGill University, has inherited a large sum of money after learning the truth about her French family roots. But unknown persons are at work to make sure Claire does not keep her inheritance. Who are these people and what are their motives? And who is this mysterious man, André, who suddenly comes into her life? Is he there to help her or does he have ties to these unknown persons? What happens to Claire and what she learns about the people around her will keep you watching to the very end.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-01
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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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Bittersweet Memories
Overview: 1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father. Medical authorities prescribe her the only cure for a possible cure: the lobotomy. Under the bright lights of the operating room, Alys sees her 28-year life flash before her eyes.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-12-17
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An Eye for Beauty
Overview: An architect and his wife see their relationship challenged.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-05-15
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Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
Overview: Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-04-01
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The Saracen Woman
Overview: Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-02-15
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Ville Neuve
Overview: Determined to stop drinking, Joseph moves into a friend's house and convinces his ex-wife Emma to join him. In the troubled times of Quebec independence referendum, this is the account of their stormy reunion.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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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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Chance or Coincidence
Overview: Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-11-18
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Looking for Alexander
Overview: Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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Crying Out
Overview: A young man feels compelled to travel with his grand-father. The young man wants to find his father who ran away with the corpse of his ex-wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Place d'Armes
Overview: Jean-Paul, recently injured at work, spends his days praying in Montreal Churches and his nights dancing in a strip club. The film portrays a slice of JP’s life, showing his resilience in coping with pain and his faith in the beauty of life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-11
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Without Her
Overview: During a brief stay in Florence, Camille believes she's victim of an enormous flood. Urgently taken to a psychiatric hospital, she is diagnosed with the Stendhal Syndrome: a temporary psychological disorder well known to affect tourists who are too vulnerable to the beauty of art work. This disorder which is considered benign doesn't worry the medical staff who asks that she be sent back to her country. Back home, she has to come to terms with a tragedy she has wanted to flee: her mom had gone missing right before her departure. Convinced that she has to move on with her life for her mental sanity, Camille decides that it is time to accept the fact that her mother will never come back. But when she goes to Matane, the last place where her mother had been seen alive, Camille comes across many clues that will propel her into an emotional roller coaster.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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Tous les autres, sauf moi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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