Denys Arcand
Date of Birth: 25 Jun 1941
Country: Canada
Biography: Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ RCA (born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004.
Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Actor), 16 (Director), 11 (Writer)
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Denys Arcand revisits the situations and relationships that informed his international breakthrough "The Decline of the American Empire." Set 17 years after Decline, this film, like its predecessor, examines the varying politics - economic, personal and sexual - at play among a group of friends, lovers and ex-spouses.
Tina Menzhal is a small-town girl plucked from obscurity to become an international supermodel. While she gains instant access to the elite and glamorous world of the fashion industry, Tina also must survive the dark side of celebrity.
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself. (imdb)
Four university teachers gather to prepare a dinner. Remy - married, Claude - homosexual, Pierre - girlfriend and Alain - a bachelor discuss sex... (imdb)
Set in a dreary urban landscape of an anonymous Canadian city, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s... (imdb)
Jean-Marc Leblanc (Labrèche), a desperate civil servant, escapes reality as we all know it, to imagine himself as the hero in imaginary adventures. (imdb)
A documentary on workers' conditions in the textile industry in Quebec.
While he's in Paris celebrating his architect career Luc sees an old friend. We then see the life Luc had when he was younger, (particularly his love life) we also see beautiful landscape.
Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians' promises were and how the population did not really care nor truly understand what was really at stake, even though just about everyone had an opinion on the subject. (imdb)
A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room. (imdb)
Samuel de Champlain: Québec 1603 (1964) - Short Film
Footage of Québec City locations and the artwork of well-known Quebec animator Frédéric Back are used to tell the tale of Champlain's life in New France - from his first explorations and settlement to his death in 1635.
Volleyball (1966) - Short Film
Records an encounter between Russian and American volleyball teams, filmed more as a study in the way the players move than a straight report of the event. With a jazz score accompaniment (BFI)
A shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and happens to pick up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. Though an interrogation of two tough police detectives isn't enough, the guy, who has a doctor's degree in philosophy which makes his mind mingle with remorse, must find a way to get rid of this dirty money. ( RealLiveClaude)
A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism. (imdb)
A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry. (imdb)
The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for his new superhighway.