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Jacques Languirand is a Actor Canadien born on 1 may 1931 at Montreal (Canada)
Jacques Languirand (born May 1, 1931) is a radio host, writer, actor and director.
He has been at the microphone for the same radio show, Par 4 chemins, for 42 years. He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on December 21, 1987 and the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on May 8, 2003 for his services to communications in Canada.
In 2012, audiences have seen him as the lead actor of Martin Villeneuve's Mars et Avril, a science fiction film based on the graphic novels of the same name.
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He has been at the microphone for the same radio show, Par 4 chemins, for 42 years. He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on December 21, 1987 and the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on May 8, 2003 for his services to communications in Canada.
In 2012, audiences have seen him as the lead actor of Martin Villeneuve's Mars et Avril, a science fiction film based on the graphic novels of the same name.
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Mars and April (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Martin Villeneuve
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Mars in film, Films set in the future
Actors Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani, Robert Lepage, Stéphane Demers, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Roles Jacob Obus
Rating58%
Adapted from two acclaimed graphic novels, Mars et Avril is set in a futuristic Montreal, where humanity is about to set foot on Mars. Jacob Obus (Jacques Languirand), a charismatic musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women’s bodies, designed by his friend, Arthur (Paul Ahmarani). A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril (Caroline Dhavernas), a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak (Robert Lepage), inventor, cosmologist and Arthur’s father, who unveils a new theory about man’s desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.
Alice's Odyssey (2002)
, 1h42Directed by Denise Filiatrault
Origin Quebec
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Sophie Lorain, Martin Drainville, Pierrette Robitaille, Mitsou, Marc Labrèche, Danielle Ouimet
Roles Père Noël
Rating53%
Alice Tremblay, une mère célibataire, participe en rêve et malgré elle, à un conte de fées. C'est ainsi qu'elle revisite différents contes qu'elle lit régulièrement à sa fille. Elle fera des rencontres peu orthodoxes : un petit chaperon rouge et un loup portés sur le sexe, un prince charmant gauche qui ne pense qu'à conquérir les jeunes filles, une fée marraine étourdie et son pendant négatif, une fée Carabosse méchante (mais technologique !) du nom de la reine Rebecca, une Blanche-Neige vieillissante avec ses sept amours, un Père Noël amoureux de la belle Shéhérazade, un roi macho marié à une reine féministe ainsi que plusieurs autres.
Heads or Tails (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Claude Fournier
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Arielle Dombasle, Charlotte Laurier, Normand Lévesque, Guy Nadon
Roles Igor de Lonsdale
Rating59%
In order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique (Roy Dupuis) encouraged by his business partner Pierre Sanchez (Patrick Huard) finds a job as an antique dealer for Victor (Normand Lévesque). But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is gay, slowly breaking his marriage with his wife Maude (Charlotte Laurier) and stirring weird emotions from his mother Elisabeth (France Castel).