Claude Gauthier
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Claude Gauthier is a Quebec singer-songwriter and actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lac-Saguay, Québec, Canada
Birthday: January 31, 1939
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Maria Chapdelaine
Overview: A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-27
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Les marchés de Londres (1969-1996)
Overview: The story of two characters that we hear but never see. The film begins with a young student filming the London Markets in 1969. 25 years later, she invites a man to watch the film about his youth. The couple converse over the footage from that time, a budding love develops as the film ends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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Orders
Overview: A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-09-27
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Between Sweet and Salt Water
Overview: A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-12
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The Long Winter
Overview: In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-03-13
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Henri
Overview: A father is racked with guilt because he let his wife die in a boating accident, so that he could save his daughter. The girl is now in a hospital, recovering from the effect of losing her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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La piastre
Overview: Robert decides to drop everything and go back to his homeland, accompanied by his daughter and a couple of friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-30
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Le dernier havre
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Overview: A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-03-27
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A Question of Loving
Overview: A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daughter. The two women spend a summer together. Madeline, the mother, a professional, independent woman, begins a romantic relationship with an engineer after ending a previous relation. For her part, Renée, her 20-year old daughter, tries to see her father again and dreams of stable love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Pour l'amour de Thomas
Overview: A young HIV-positive man returns to his birthplace in Québec and tries to live life as fully as possible, rejecting self-pity and alienating his over-protective mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-02-24
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Cordélia
Overview: In a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking' villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of her husband. When he is found dead, all of the suspicion is directed towards the liberal woman. She is judged more for her morality then for the crime she is accused of. Her culpability is still a subject of debate today.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-07
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La fête des rois
Overview: Benjamin, a 10 year-old boy, lives with his mother Charlotte since his dad, Christophe, left. Charlotte is expecting a child from Henri, but is hesitant to tell her son, whom doesn't know about his soon-to-be stepfather. The day of the Epiphany, Benjamin accepts to go help his grandmother Flore prepare the house for the holiday, since the family celebrates Christmas on January 6th also. The boy has prepared a nice gift for his young cousin Simon, suffering from an odd congenital disease. The night of the party, many surprises await the attendees.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Les outils
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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French Immersion
Overview: 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. The place is perfect for total immersion since, according to the most recent census, 99% of the population is comprised of pure laine Quebeckers for the most part unilingual French, fervently nationalist, and all, save one person, named Tremblay.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-10-07
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Days of Darkness
Overview: Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-09-26
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