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Yves Simoneau is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Canadien born on 28 october 1955 at Quebec City (Canada)
Yves Simoneau (born October 28, 1955 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director.
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The Bait (2010)
, 1h24Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Action, Politic
Actors Serge Dupire, Guy A. Lepage, Maxim Roy, Romano Orzari, Frédéric Pierre, Ayisha Issa
Rating42%
Un caïd de la mafia, Carboni (Michel Perron), décède dans les bras d'un policier québécois gaffeur, Prudent Poirier (Guy A. Lepage). Au même moment en France, un agent des services secrets, Mohammed Choukroune "Ventura" (Rachid Badouri), est assigné par son patron à se rendre au Québec afin de parvenir à en savoir plus sur Carboni. Celui-ci détenait en effet des renseignements importants concernant une affaire sur laquelle enquêtaient les services de police français. Au fil de leur enquête, les deux policiers vont s'apercevoir que leurs patrons respectifs cachent de lourds secrets et fomentaient une fin funeste pour chacun d'entre eux.
America (2009)
, 2hDirected by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rosie O'Donnell, Ruby Dee, Philip Johnson, Raquel Castro, Jade Yorker, Logan Huffman
Rating61%
A biracial 17-year-old boy named America (Philip Johnson), who has experienced a difficult life of foster care and sexual abuse, undergoes counseling with psychiatrist Maureen Brennan (Rosie O'Donnell) to help him come to terms with his painful past of childhood trauma, including growing up with (and abandoned by) a crack-addicted mother (Toya Turner) and being shuffled through a series of foster homes including the Harpers (with Mrs. Harper played by Ruby Dee and Reggie Harper by Tim Rhoze). The film starts with Maureen Brennan (Rosie O'Donnell) at a group home where she is giving a small introduction about the outlook for most of the group home children's futures (most would most likely end up either living on the streets, in jail, or dead). A young America, emotionally vacant and suicidal, comes to the attention of Brennan. When she (Dr. B) tries to talk to America, he refuses to give her any answers about his childhood. Eventually Dr. B helps him understand his troubled past in order to find the courage to move on and survive. Helps him to forgive and forget, in order to be able to move forward in life.
Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
, 35minutesDirected by Yves Simoneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Romano Orzari, Manuel Tadros, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Jesse Rath, Devon Bostick, Claudia Ferri
Rating68%
The story is a prequel to the video game Assassin's Creed II. It centers on Giovanni Auditore, the father of the game's main character, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
Ruffian (2007)
, 1h29Directed by Yves Simoneau
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Sam Shepard, Laura Bailey, Frank Whaley, Nicholas Pryor, Christine Belford, Louis Herthum
Rating70%
, 2h12Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin, Colm Feore, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse
Rating70%
The plot, which is based on events covered by several chapters of Brown's book as well as other sources, revolves around four main characters: Charles Eastman né Ohiyesa (Beach), a young, mixed-race Sioux doctor educated at Dartmouth and Boston University, who is held up as proof of the success of assimilation; Sitting Bull (Schellenberg), the Sioux chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land, the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes (Quinn), an architect of government policy for allotment of Indian lands to individual households to force adoption of subsistence farming; and Red Cloud (Tootoosis), whose decision to make peace with the American government and go to a reservation disturbed Sitting Bull.
Directed by Yves Simoneau, Francis Leclerc
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Histoire de France, Films about royalty
Actors Karine Vanasse, Hélène Florent, Danny Gilmore, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Paul Ahmarani, Catherine de Léan
Rating62%
Le téléfilm montre la vie de la reine Marie-Antoinette, de son arrivée à Versailles à son exécution à Paris en 1793.
, 1h43Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Andrew Bryniarski, Clare Carey
Rating63%
The plot, about bank robbers held at bay by the Los Angeles Police Department, is based on a real incident which occurred February 28, 1997, known as the North Hollywood shootout. Homicide detective Frank McGregor (Michael Madsen) tracks a violent duo of bank robbers: Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, who were named the High Incident Bandits by the L.A.P.D.
Ignition (2002)
, 1h39Directed by Yves Simoneau
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about computing
Actors Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Colm Feore, Michael Ironside, Peter Kent, Nicholas Lea
Rating50%
NASA is about to launch a rocket to put a man on the moon and corrupt high-ranking military officials, plot to assassinate the president over budget cuts.
Nuremberg (2000)
Directed by Yves Simoneau
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Alec Baldwin, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox, Michael Ironside, Matt Craven
Rating73%
Téléfilm relatant le procès de Nuremberg, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, au cours duquel 22 hauts dirigeants du Troisième Reich furent jugés pour crime contre l'humanité notamment. L'un d'entre eux, Robert Ley (chef du Front allemand du travail), se suicidera avant le début du procès, réduisant à 21 le nombre des accusés.
Free Money (1998)
, 1h30Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Marlon Brando, Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Mira Sorvino, Martin Sheen, Thomas Haden Church
Rating50%
Sven "The Swede" Sorenson (Marlon Brando) is a malicious warden of the county, illegally executing some of his worst prisoners. Everybody in town hates and is scared of him, except his twin daughters (Holly Watson and Christin Watson). Swede's twins tell their father they're pregnant, lying in order to manipulate him into forcing their dim boyfriends, Bud Dyerson (Charlie Sheen) and Larry (Thomas Haden Church), into shotgun marriages. He also turns his sons-in-law into slave laborers, so Bud hatches an escape plan to rob a train carrying old bills to the mint for burning. Larry is his reluctant accomplice. When Bud is captured, he is railroaded into Swede's small-town jail by the Judge (Donald Sutherland) and Swede. His death looks certain, until he hatches yet another plan that requires Larry's help. Meanwhile, Judge's daughter and FBI Agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino), come to his aid.
Intensity (1997)
, 3h6Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Piper Laurie, Molly Parker, John C. McGinley, Blu Mankuma, Brent Stait, Kavan Smith
Rating70%
Intensity is about a 26-year-old woman named Chyna Shepherd (Molly Parker), who had a very troubled upbringing. Chyna is reluctant but agrees to accompany her friend Laura Templeton to her house for Thanksgiving dinner. Just when things seemed to be going better for Chyna, she has a run-in with a serial killer named Edgler Vess (John C. McGinley), whom she witnesses murdering Laura's family. Chyna survives the attack by hiding in the killer's vehicle. When Edgler stops at a gas station, Chyna escapes and asks the two attendants to call the police.
, 1h35Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, David Cross, Bruce Dern, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Rating59%
In 1928, Amelia Earhart (Diane Keaton) gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight, albeit as a passenger. Her marriage to media tycoon George Palmer Putnam (Bruce Dern) and a series of record-breaking flights propel her to international fame as a long-distance flyer. With help from a close friend and adviser, Paul Mantz (Paul Guilfoyle), Earhart and her navigator, the hard-drinking Fred Noonan (Rutger Hauer), plan her longest flight ever: a round-the-world attempt in 1937. The interest in Japanese-held islands may lead to her disappearance, and a massive search effort is unsuccessful, but solidifies Earhart as an aviation icon.
Mother's Boys (1994)
, 1h36Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Joey Zimmerman, Vanessa Redgrave, Luke Edwards
Rating54%
Jude Madigan (Curtis) suddenly and inexplicably leaves her husband, Robert (Gallagher), and three sons. Three years later, when Robert finally files for divorce, Jude returns and tries to reclaim her former life. Robert refuses and insists on the divorce. Jude does not accept Robert's decision. She tries, unsuccessfully, to seduce him and harasses Robert's new girlfriend, Callie (Whalley). Eventually, Jude manipulates and convinces her eldest son, Kes (Luke Edwards), that Callie is the only person standing in the way of their reunited family.
Cruel Doubt (1992)
, 3h7Directed by Yves Simoneau
Actors Blythe Danner, Matt McGrath, Edward Asnere, Denis Arndt, Adam Baldwin, Gwyneth Paltrow
Rating54%
In their bedroom asleep one night, Bonnie and Leith Von Stein are violently attacked and stabbed by home intruders. Bonnie barely survives, but her husband does not.
Perfectly Normal (1991)
, 1h47Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Ice hockey films
Actors Robbie Coltrane, Michael Riley, Deborah Duchene, Eugene Lipinski, Kenneth Welsh, Patricia Gage
Rating61%