Karine Vanasse
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Biography: Karine Vanasse (born November 24, 1983) is a French Canadian actress, who had roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone, Switch and Emporte-moi. Internationally she is best known for her roles as Colette Valois in Pan Am and Margaux LeMarchal in Revenge.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Drummondville, Québec, Canada
Birthday: November 24, 1983
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Gender: Female
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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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I'm Yours
Overview: A road movie romance that conjures a heady concoction of free love and end of the world conspiracy.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-20
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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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Set Me Free
Overview: A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc Godard's then-recent film "Vivre sa vie". As she begins to model herself after the film's lead role, Hannah slowly begins to explore the confusing nature of her sexuality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-02-12
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Bones of Crows
Overview: Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-02
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My Daughter, My Angel
Overview: Nathalie Dagenais is a 19 year old girl studying to be a lawyer. New to the city of Montreal, she will soon discover the world of porn. One day, her father (Michel Côté) comes across her picture on the Internet and wants to find her and before she makes what he thinks is a mistake. The story goes from past to present, when a police officer investigates the death of Max, a man who Nathalie knew.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-16
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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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Head in the Clouds
Overview: Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-29
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Blind Spot
Overview: The relationship between Eric and Stephanie is floundering. They decide to leave for the Republic of Santiago to visit the famous ruins. Once there, they learn that a serial killer rages on steep roads of the region, eliminating drunk drivers.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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Switch
Overview: In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they change apartments. Sophie arrives in Paris on Saturday morning. The next morning, policemen break in the apartment and arrest Sophie while she is having a bath. Detective Damien Forgeat interrogates Sophie believing that she is Bénédicte and she learns that a beheaded body was found in her room and all evidence of her life has been deleted.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-06
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Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Overview: The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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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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Midnight in Paris
Overview: While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-11
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Ru
Overview: After a dangerous sea crossing and a stay in a camp in Malaysia, the young Vietnamese Tinh and her family are accepted as refugees in Canada and arrive in Montreal where they begin their new life. But for Tinh, adapting has its share of difficulties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-11-24
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Tomorrow's Shadows
Overview: Where futures are known and happiness is guaranteed by G.O.D., a mother is given a choice - her child or her perfect future.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-29
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Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire
Overview: Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and a very young girl, marries King Louis-Auguste, Dauphine of France. This historical drama tells the tragic tale of a young woman who, in the beginning started out with task, that ended with great sadness and sorrow.
Genres: Documentary Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-21
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Turning Tide
Overview: Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, Yann is forced to stop in Cape Verde to repair his broken center-board. Back in the race, Yann discovers a stowaway on board, a Senegalese teenager named Moussa. Faced with the risk of disqualification because of Moussa’s presence, Yann hesitates… Their encounter leads to the most unforgettable round-the-world race ever.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-06
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All the Wrong Reasons
Overview: An ensemble film about four everyday people: a store manager, a security guard, a fire fighter and a clerk who struggle in the aftermath of trauma.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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Fred's Head
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Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-01-11
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Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Overview: Karine Vanasse goes behind the scenes of our cinema and showcases the talent of our artists and artisans. The objective? Make as many people as possible want to see local films all year round!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-01-14
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Killer Wave
Overview: The first one strikes without warning. Then another. Soon the massive walls of water are swallowing coast upon coast, town after town. Even as countless lives are lost in the onslaught, only the worst is yet to come.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-16
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The Forbidden Room
Overview: A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-07
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The Child Prodigy
Overview: On the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6 years old André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls in London, New York, Paris and around the world. Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed. From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends into his music. A romantic and passionate composer wishing for happiness, his story is nevertheless played on tragic notes.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-05-28
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Buddha's Little Finger
Overview: A drama set during the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-01
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Rhonda's Party
Overview: Rhonda, a reclusive nursing home resident with a tough exterior, has spent months planning her best friend's 100th birthday party, The band is booked, the cake is ordered, and everyone is invited. But when her friend dies on the eve of the celebration, a young nurse must deliver the crushing news, and Rhonda is forced to overcome her loneliness and decide whether or not the party should go on.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Father and Guns 2
Overview: A few years after they infiltrated a therapy program for fathers and sons, Marc Laroche is having some issues with his girlfriend Alice and Jacques is experiencing intense denial towards the fact that he is growing older. An incredible opportunity arises when Martin Germain, the lieutenant of the Mafia’s leader, and his girlfriend sign up for a bootcamp for couples. As Marc and Alice sign up for the therapy, Jacques invites himself in by pretending to be the psychologist's assistant.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-07-14
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
Overview: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-15
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Worst Case, We Get Married
Overview: Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real kind, the one that hurts. Baz wants to help this lost little girl, but she wants much more from him, and is ready to do anything to get it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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Trench 11
Overview: In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.
Genres: Horror Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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Malek
Overview: Malek, a Lebanese immigrant from Montreal, is haunted by the violent death of his sister. Convinced that he could have avoided this tragedy, he is consumed with guilt. He lives alone, poor, jobless until he meets Shohreh, an Iranian girl, with whom he falls in love. A new life opens up to him and he quickly finds work. Malek gradually regains his dignity but the past resurfaces to the point where he is pushed, almost in spite of himself, to finally settle his accounts with himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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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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Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa
Overview: Taking advantage of his mother's absence as she departs on a cruise ship for some rest and relaxation, 12-year-old Félix sets out to find his father, a fisherman who disappeared at sea two years earlier.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-02-21
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Polytechnique: What Remains of December 6
Overview: Made for the 30th anniversary of the Montréal massacre, Judith Plamondon’s documentary gives voice to the survivors and witnesses of the tragedy and is narrated by Karine Vanasse, actor and co-producer of Denis Villeneuve's 'Polytechnique' (2009).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-03
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Arsenault and Fils
Overview: The Arsenaults, a close-knit family who profit from illegal hunting, have ruled the roost for several generations in Témiscouata, Quebec. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio host who exercises an ascendancy over Anthony and his older brother Adam, will come to test the harmony of the clan.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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