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Jean-Louis Roux is a Actor Canadien born on 18 may 1923 at Montreal (Canada)
Jean-Louis Roux, (18 mai 1923 à Montréal - ) est un acteur québécois.
Le fonds d'archives de Jean-Louis Roux est conservé au centre d'archives de Montréal de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
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Nationality Canada
Birth 18 may 1923 at Montreal (Canada)
Death 28 november 2013 (at 90 years) at Montreal (Canada)
Awards Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada
Birth 18 may 1923 at Montreal (Canada)
Death 28 november 2013 (at 90 years) at Montreal (Canada)
Awards Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada
Biography
Comédien et cofondateur du Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, dont il est le directeur artistique de 1966 à 1982. Il est aussi président de la Conférence canadienne des arts de 1968 à 1970. Il devient directeur général de l'École nationale de théâtre du Canada de 1982 à 1987. Nommé sénateur en 1994, il est nommé lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec en 1996, mais démissionne deux mois plus tard à la suite d'une controverse suscitée par une entrevue dans le magazine L'Actualité, où il raconte avoir porté une croix gammée sur sa blouse de laboratoire pendant ses études de médecine dans les années 1940, en guise de « fanfaronnade et d'esprit carabin ». Sa démission entre en vigueur en janvier 1997. Il est président du Conseil des arts du Canada de 1998 à 2004.Le fonds d'archives de Jean-Louis Roux est conservé au centre d'archives de Montréal de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
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C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
, 2h7Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marc-André Grondin, Michel Côté, Jean-Marc Vallée, Danielle Proulx, Mariloup Wolfe, Maxime Tremblay
Roles Prêtre
Rating77%
Zac was born on Christmas in 1960. He had a special relationship with his father Gervais, but things began to fall apart as Zac's non-masculine ways started to show. Their unique relationship officially came to an end when Gervais comes home to find Zac dressed in his mother's clothes. Ever since then, he "had unwittingly declared war on his father".
Battle of the Brave (2004)
, 2h25Directed by Jean Beaudin
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Actors Alexander Bisping, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Philippe Dormoy, Sébastien Huberdeau, Bianca Gervais
Rating53%
Trapper Francois returns to his hometown to visit his father. Unfortunately his father has just died and Francois is clueless in regards to the business he's just inherited. He trusts his father's lawyer will take care of everything including the claims of creditors who have demanded an investigation.
The Third Miracle (1999)
, 1h59Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Barbara Sukowa, Caterina Scorsone, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Haid
Rating64%
In Bystrica, Slovakia in 1944, near the end of World War II, an Allied bombing raid causes a tiny girl to pray for deliverance.
Black List (1995)
, 1h30Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Yves Allaire, Sylvie Bourque, Geneviève Brouillette, André Champagne, Raymond Cloutier, Michel Côté
Rating59%
Following the trial of a judge who was found with Gabrielle Angers (Geneviève Brouillette), a prostitute, she gives a list of her clients to a new judge, Jacques Savard (Michel Côté), which contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger
My Friend Max (1994)
, 1h46Directed by Michel Brault
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Geneviève Bujold, Marthe Keller, Johanne McKay, Marie Guillard, Rita Lafontaine, Véronique Le Flaguais
Roles Père Bérubé
Rating65%
The film is set in contemporary Quebec City, Quebec. Catherine (Marthe Keller), a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her childhood friend Max (Geneviève Bujold), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years.
Bye Bye Victor (1989)
, 1h29Directed by Anne Claire Poirier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jean-Louis Roux, Jacques Godin, Murielle Dutil, Marthe Nadeau, Juliette Huot
Rating72%
Adapté de la nouvelle Matthew and Chauncy de l'écrivain canadien Edward O. Phillips, Salut Victor raconte l'histoire de la touchante amitié entre deux résidents d'un foyer pour personnes âgées. Un long métrage qui aborde avec finesse l'homosexualité tout en soulevant le problème universel du vieillissement et de la solitude.
The Revolving Doors (1988)
, 1h41Directed by Francis Mankiewicz
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Monique Spaziani, Miou-Miou, Gabriel Arcand, Eric Roberts, Jacques Penot, Françoise Faucher
Roles Monsieur Blaudelle
Rating65%
Céleste (Monique Spaziani), a jazz pianist, has reached the twilight of her years. Alone in her New York apartment, she looks back on her life and decides to record it all in a diary that she sends to her estranged son, Blaudelle (Gabriel Arcand). The arrival of the diary disrupts Blaudelle’s life, although his son, Antoine (François Méthé), is intrigued, and it is through his eyes that Céleste's life is revealed.
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
, 1h49Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Paul McCrane, Wallace Shawn
Roles Vieux Billig
Rating58%
The Hotel New Hampshire is narrated by John Berry and opens in flashback to the time when his parents met and fell in love while working summer jobs at a New England hotel around World War II. They are brought together by Freud, a European refugee who travels with a performing bear.
The Emperor of Peru (1982)
, 1h21Directed by Fernando Arrabal
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Mickey Rooney, Monique Mercure, Jean-Louis Roux, Guy Hoffmann, Jean-Pierre Saulnier, Vlasta Vrána
Roles l'oncle Alex
Rating54%
Un ingénieur ferroviaire fantasque, qui hante une ancienne gare et se surnomme « Empereur du Pérou », enchante les vacances de trois gamins.
Chocolate Eclair (1979)
, 1h47Directed by Jean-Claude Lord
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lise Thouin, Jean-Louis Roux, Colin Fox, Aubert Pallascio, Suzanne Lévesque, Michèle Deslauriers
Roles Père Prenant
Rating59%
Violée par son oncle, Marie-Louise Prenant a eu un fils, Pierre, qu'elle a élevé seule et auquel elle a fait croire que son père était un jeune poète mort peu de temps avant sa naissance. Alors que Pierre a douze ans, Marie-Louise, employée comme hôtesse, fait la connaissance d'un riche Américain qui en vient à vouloir l'épouser. L'enfant accepte mal cette intrusion d'un tiers dans ses relations avec sa mère.
Riel (1979)
, 2h30Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Christopher Plummer, Raymond Cloutier, Daniel Gadouas, Roger Blay, Maury Chaykin, Barry Morse
Roles Bourget
Rating64%
Louis Riel (Cloutier) leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.
Two Solitudes (1978)
, 1h57Directed by Lionel Chetwynd
Origin Canada
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, Chris Wiggins, Claude Jutra, John Boylan, Raymond Cloutier
Roles Cardinal
Rating60%
A big-budget tax shelter film of Hugh MacLennan’s famous novel about French-English relations in Quebec during the 1920s and ‘30s directed by screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd, coming off his Oscar nomination for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.
Gus (1976)
, 1h36Directed by Vincent McEveety, Arthur Alsberg, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, American football films, Children's films
Actors Don Knotts, Edward Asnere, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway, Timothy Brown, Harold Gould
Roles Charles Gwynn
Rating57%
Gus is a film about a football-kicking mule ("Gus") and his trainer "Andy" (Gary Grimes).
The Pyx (1973)
, 1h48Directed by Harvey Hart
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Jacques Godin, Marcel Fournier
Roles Keerson
Rating54%
A motorist witnesses a woman falling or jumping from a tenement building. Police arrive on the scene and find a crucifix and a small metal container (a pyx). While investigating the death, a detective in the city of Montreal enters the world of prostitution, drug addiction, conspiracy, and the occult. As the investigation continues, it is revealed that the dead woman is Elizabeth Lucy, a prostitute and heroin addict. Suspects in Elizabeth's death are soon murdered one by one, and evidence of occult ritual begins to surface, leading to a confrontation with a cult leader who may be possessed by Satan himself.
The 13th Letter (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Charles Boyer, Linda Darnell, Constance Smith, Michael Rennie, Françoise Rosay, Judith Evelyn
Roles Jean-Louis Gauthier, son fils
Rating62%
The film concerns a doctor at a Canadian hospital in the province of Quebec, Canada who receives a series of poison pen letters. Later, more letters all signed with the mysterious pseudonym "Raven," are delivered to others in the small Canadian town. The wife of the doctor receives a letter accusing her of having an affair. One letter informs a shell-shocked veteran that he is dying of cancer, causing the distraught man to commit suicide. Quickly, the townsfolk begin pointing fingers at all possible suspects.