Love Me (French: Love-moi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marcel Simard and released in 1991.[1] The film stars Germain Houde as Charles, a theatre director who enlists a troubled group of street youths to write and perform in a theatre show about their lives after one of their gang is murdered.[2]
Love Me | |
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French | Love-moi |
Directed by | Marcel Simard |
Written by | Marcel Simard Lise Lemay-Rousseau |
Produced by | François Bouvier Doris Girard Marcel Simard |
Starring | Germain Houde Paule Baillargeon Lucie Laurier |
Cinematography | Pierre Letarte |
Edited by | Michel Arcand |
Music by | Robert Léger Frédéric Weber |
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Distributed by | Aska Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The cast includes Paule Baillargeon, Mario Saint-Amand, Yvon Roy, Lucie Laurier, Sonia Laplante, Éric Brisebois, Dominique Leduc, Lyne Durocher, Hugolin Chevrette, Stéphane Demers, Denis Bouchard, Claire Pimparé, Marc Désourdy, Ducarmel Cyrius, Léa-Marie Cantin and Lénie Scoffié.
The film premiered in theatres in February 1991.[2]
Jo Caron, Yvon Benoît and Michel Descombes received a Genie Award nomination for Best Overall Sound at the 12th Genie Awards.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 131.
- ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Love-moi – Film de Marcel Simard". Films du Québec, March 1, 2009.
- ^ Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991.
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