The Three Madeleines (French: Les fantômes des trois Madeleines) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Guylaine Dionne and released in 2000.[1] The film centres on a road trip undertaken by Marie-Madeleine (Sylvie Drapeau) with Mado (France Arbour), her birth mother with whom she has recently been reunited after being given up for adoption in infancy, and Madeleine (Isadora Galwey), Marie-Madeleine's young daughter.[2]

The Three Madeleines
Sylvie Drapeau and France Arbour in The Three Madeleines
FrenchLes fantômes des trois Madeleines
Directed byGuylaine Dionne
Written byGuylaine Dionne
Claire Valade
Produced byGuylaine Dionne
Francois Landry
Michel Mosca
StarringSylvie Drapeau
France Arbour
Isadora Galwey
CinematographyNathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
Edited byAube Foglia
Production
companies
Filmo
France Film
Distributed byEquinoxe Films
Release date
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Kathleen Fortin, Maxim Gaudette, Isabelle Blais, Monique Joly, Luc Proulx, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Patrick Goyette, Maxine Visotzky-Charlebois, Christopher Schmitz, Erhardt Schmitz, Anne-Marie Provencher, Micheline Bernard, Molly Garland, Emilie Gélinas-Noble and Charlotte Hoffmann-Archenault in supporting roles.

The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight program at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Awards

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Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lisa Nesselson, "The Three Madeleines". Variety, May 15, 2000.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantômes des 3 Madeleine, Les – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "Stardom closes Cannes festival". Playback, May 1, 2000.
  4. ^ "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Denis Villeneuve's fish fable takes best picture, actress, director". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 2001.
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