2020 continues, as a first trailer for the Quebec remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has now been released. Yes, you read all of those words correctly. Do not adjust your screen.
Escouade 99 (Squad 99 in English) really does appear to be a near shot-for-shot remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with its original cast replaced by the likes of Mickaël Gouin, Bianca Gervais, Mylène Mackay, Widemir Normil and Guy Jodoin. The Quebec version was directed by Patrick Huard (Bon Cop Bad Cop) and it follows “a group of endearing and out of the ordinary detectives who fight crime at Escouade 99 in Quebec City.”
Quebec broadcast company Quebecor Content purchased the rights to the Andy Samberg-led comedy series last year, and this is the first time that the team behind Brooklyn Nine-Nine have authorized an adaptation of outside of the U.S., according to HuffPo. So, from next month, the often shamelessly weird and predominantly...
Escouade 99 (Squad 99 in English) really does appear to be a near shot-for-shot remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with its original cast replaced by the likes of Mickaël Gouin, Bianca Gervais, Mylène Mackay, Widemir Normil and Guy Jodoin. The Quebec version was directed by Patrick Huard (Bon Cop Bad Cop) and it follows “a group of endearing and out of the ordinary detectives who fight crime at Escouade 99 in Quebec City.”
Quebec broadcast company Quebecor Content purchased the rights to the Andy Samberg-led comedy series last year, and this is the first time that the team behind Brooklyn Nine-Nine have authorized an adaptation of outside of the U.S., according to HuffPo. So, from next month, the often shamelessly weird and predominantly...
- 8/21/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Yesterday, the 25th Artis Gala took place. For those who don't know, this is some sort of people choice award that regards only Quebec's TV industry. So, without further ado, let's have a look at what Quebeckers, who took the time to vote, had to say.
Best News Anchor - Sophie Thibault (Tva Nouvelles).
Best Host of a Public Affair Show - Jean-Luc Mongrain (Mongrain).
Best Host of a Morning Show - Gino Chouinard (Salut, bonjour!).
Best Host of a Variety or Entertainment Show - Éric Salvail (Dieu Merci!).
Best Host of a Cultural Magazine or Talk-Show - Guy A. Lepage (Tout le monde en parle).
Best Artist in a Humoristic Show - Louis-José Houde (Ici Louis-José Houde).
Best Host of a Game Show - Patrice L'Écuyer (Des squelettes dans le placard, Le moment de vérité et L'union fait la force).
Best Host of a Sport Show - Marie-Claude Savard...
Best News Anchor - Sophie Thibault (Tva Nouvelles).
Best Host of a Public Affair Show - Jean-Luc Mongrain (Mongrain).
Best Host of a Morning Show - Gino Chouinard (Salut, bonjour!).
Best Host of a Variety or Entertainment Show - Éric Salvail (Dieu Merci!).
Best Host of a Cultural Magazine or Talk-Show - Guy A. Lepage (Tout le monde en parle).
Best Artist in a Humoristic Show - Louis-José Houde (Ici Louis-José Houde).
Best Host of a Game Show - Patrice L'Écuyer (Des squelettes dans le placard, Le moment de vérité et L'union fait la force).
Best Host of a Sport Show - Marie-Claude Savard...
- 4/26/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Télé-Québec, a TV network, had announced that Laurence Carbonneau and Alexandre Bacon - who respectively play the characters of Rose Boucher and Mikaël Vesko in the TV series Tactik - will meet young movie enthusiasts at the International Children Film Festival of Montreal (Icffm). In fact, they will be at the Cinéma Beaubien on February 27, 2010 at 11:40 Am.
During this event, two new episodes of Tactik, a show which was created by Vincent Bolduc and Alex Veilleux, will be exclusively presented on the big screen. The first one will be titled Dalie et ses hommes and the other one Rencontre d'une troisième type. Unfortunately, Télé-Québec hasn't revealed the synopsis of these two episodes. Therefore, if you're a fan of the show, attend to this event.
Tactik is a teen show that also stars Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pier-Luc Funk, Kathleen Garcia-Manharres, Vincent Gratton, Guy Jodoin, Frédéric Pierre, Frédérique Dufort, Pierre-Luc Brillant...
During this event, two new episodes of Tactik, a show which was created by Vincent Bolduc and Alex Veilleux, will be exclusively presented on the big screen. The first one will be titled Dalie et ses hommes and the other one Rencontre d'une troisième type. Unfortunately, Télé-Québec hasn't revealed the synopsis of these two episodes. Therefore, if you're a fan of the show, attend to this event.
Tactik is a teen show that also stars Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pier-Luc Funk, Kathleen Garcia-Manharres, Vincent Gratton, Guy Jodoin, Frédéric Pierre, Frédérique Dufort, Pierre-Luc Brillant...
- 2/16/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Honestly, I'm not a fan of comedies or sci-fi films. However, although this spin-off of a cult TV series (here in Quebec) is a disposable entertainment material, the film will make you laugh. Of course, it's easy to accept it provided that you sometimes accept the film's blatant silliness.
In 2039, Earth is gradually becoming hostile for human life because of pollution. For that matter, the ozone layer had been completely destroyed. This is why the world has turned itself to Canada since 2034 because it has a highly developed space program and it's the first world super power. As always, the crew on the Romano Fafard led by Capt. Charles Patenaude (Guy Jodoin) tries to find a planet where humanity can move once and for all.
Instead of solely sticking to their mission, the crew wants to deport Brad Spitfire (Stéphane Crête), the most hated member of the crew, on the...
In 2039, Earth is gradually becoming hostile for human life because of pollution. For that matter, the ozone layer had been completely destroyed. This is why the world has turned itself to Canada since 2034 because it has a highly developed space program and it's the first world super power. As always, the crew on the Romano Fafard led by Capt. Charles Patenaude (Guy Jodoin) tries to find a planet where humanity can move once and for all.
Instead of solely sticking to their mission, the crew wants to deport Brad Spitfire (Stéphane Crête), the most hated member of the crew, on the...
- 8/6/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Locarno International Film Festival
LOCARNO, Switzerland -- In "Summit Circle" ("Contre toute esperance"), Quebec director Bernard Emond continues his trilogy on faith, hope and charity with another moving drama about good people trying to find their way in a world of despair. Following his exploration of faith in "The Novena" in 2005, Emond tells a compassionate but unsentimental story of a loving couple struggling to maintain hope in the face of devastating illness. He draws exceptional performances from a cast led by Guylaine Tremblay and Guy Jodoin as the couple, and the film, here in Competition, may expect to join the earlier film in winning wide applause and prizes.
Structured as a police procedural with lots of flashbacks, it begins with a distraught and bloodied woman being arrested after emptying a rifle into the walls and windows of a rich man's home. When the woman's husband is found shot dead by the same rifle at their apartment, Lt. Allard (Rene-Daniel Dubois) attempts to piece together what happened. He is not helped by the fact that the woman, Rejeanne (Tremblay), is so traumatized she is unable to speak.
Emond tells the story through the silent woman's memories while the policeman digs for information from friends and neighbors. Childhood sweethearts, switchboard operator Rejeanne and her truck driver husband Gilles (Jodoin) have made a happy life together and have just moved into a lovely suburban home when he suffers a stroke.
Then she is laid off when the call center where she has worked for 20 years is sold with the firm's chief executive, whose compensation that year is $13 million, explaining that it was due to market forces. As Gilles' health deteriorates, Rejeanne takes whatever work she can get but they must give up their dream home. With support from her husband's best friend, Claude (Gildor Roy), she fights to sustain hope as things just get worse.
Tremblay gives a measured and deeply felt performance as the loving and dignified wife while Jodin carries off the difficult task of a man becoming increasingly debilitated. Jean-Claude Labrecque's cinematography is warm and elegant while Robert Marcel Lepage's score offers shrewd accompaniment.
Emond conveys life's verities without rancor and scenes contrasting the wealthy man's good fortune with the desperation of his dismissed employees are all the more powerful for being subtle.
The deliberate pace never flags and small moments such as the stricken man pausing to enjoy the sound of Canada Geese flying south or the woman struggling to remain poised in the face of adversity add depth to a thoughtful and illuminating film.
SUMMIT CIRCLE
Seville Pictures presents a Corporation Acpav production
Credits:
Director, screenwriter: Bernard Emond
Producer: Bernadette Payeur
Director of photography: Jean-Claude Labrecque
Production designer: Gaudeline Sauriol
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Costume designer: Sophie Lefebvre
Editor: Louise Cote
Cast:
Rejeanne: Guylaine Tremblay
Gilles: Guy Jodoin
Claude: Gildor Roy
Lieutenant Allard: Rene-Daniel Dubois
Deniger: Serge Houde
House owner: Jasmine Dube
Supervisor: Annick Bergeron
Neighbor: Carmen Sylvestre
Maid: Yael Guazo
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
LOCARNO, Switzerland -- In "Summit Circle" ("Contre toute esperance"), Quebec director Bernard Emond continues his trilogy on faith, hope and charity with another moving drama about good people trying to find their way in a world of despair. Following his exploration of faith in "The Novena" in 2005, Emond tells a compassionate but unsentimental story of a loving couple struggling to maintain hope in the face of devastating illness. He draws exceptional performances from a cast led by Guylaine Tremblay and Guy Jodoin as the couple, and the film, here in Competition, may expect to join the earlier film in winning wide applause and prizes.
Structured as a police procedural with lots of flashbacks, it begins with a distraught and bloodied woman being arrested after emptying a rifle into the walls and windows of a rich man's home. When the woman's husband is found shot dead by the same rifle at their apartment, Lt. Allard (Rene-Daniel Dubois) attempts to piece together what happened. He is not helped by the fact that the woman, Rejeanne (Tremblay), is so traumatized she is unable to speak.
Emond tells the story through the silent woman's memories while the policeman digs for information from friends and neighbors. Childhood sweethearts, switchboard operator Rejeanne and her truck driver husband Gilles (Jodoin) have made a happy life together and have just moved into a lovely suburban home when he suffers a stroke.
Then she is laid off when the call center where she has worked for 20 years is sold with the firm's chief executive, whose compensation that year is $13 million, explaining that it was due to market forces. As Gilles' health deteriorates, Rejeanne takes whatever work she can get but they must give up their dream home. With support from her husband's best friend, Claude (Gildor Roy), she fights to sustain hope as things just get worse.
Tremblay gives a measured and deeply felt performance as the loving and dignified wife while Jodin carries off the difficult task of a man becoming increasingly debilitated. Jean-Claude Labrecque's cinematography is warm and elegant while Robert Marcel Lepage's score offers shrewd accompaniment.
Emond conveys life's verities without rancor and scenes contrasting the wealthy man's good fortune with the desperation of his dismissed employees are all the more powerful for being subtle.
The deliberate pace never flags and small moments such as the stricken man pausing to enjoy the sound of Canada Geese flying south or the woman struggling to remain poised in the face of adversity add depth to a thoughtful and illuminating film.
SUMMIT CIRCLE
Seville Pictures presents a Corporation Acpav production
Credits:
Director, screenwriter: Bernard Emond
Producer: Bernadette Payeur
Director of photography: Jean-Claude Labrecque
Production designer: Gaudeline Sauriol
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Costume designer: Sophie Lefebvre
Editor: Louise Cote
Cast:
Rejeanne: Guylaine Tremblay
Gilles: Guy Jodoin
Claude: Gildor Roy
Lieutenant Allard: Rene-Daniel Dubois
Deniger: Serge Houde
House owner: Jasmine Dube
Supervisor: Annick Bergeron
Neighbor: Carmen Sylvestre
Maid: Yael Guazo
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 8/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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