Gabriel Arcand
Encyclopedia
Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian
actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand
.
He won the Genie Award
for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards
in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand
Denys Arcand
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...
.
He won the Genie Award
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards
6th Genie Awards
The 6th Genie Awards is generally considered the pinnacle of the Canadian Genie Awards' popularity. It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across Canada and they drew 1.9 million viewers, a record never since equalled. The event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was...
in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe.
Filmography
- La Maudite galette (1972)
- Réjeanne Padovani (1973)
- Gina (1974)
- Ti-Cul Tougas (1975)
- Parlez-vous d'amour (1975)
- L'Âge de la machine (1977)
- Panique (1977)
- Au revoir à lundi (1979)
- Suzanne (1980)
- L'Affaire coffin (1980)
- Les PlouffeLes PlouffeLes Plouffe is a Canadian drama film, based on a novel, about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II.-Awards:...
(1981) - Mémoire battante (1983)
- Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe (1984)
- Agnes of GodAgnes of GodAgnes of God is a play by John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation...
(1985) - Le Déclin de l'empire américainLe Déclin de l'empire américainThe Decline of the American Empire is a 1986 Québécois comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It was followed by a sequel, The Barbarian Invasions in 2003.-Synopsis:...
(1986) - La Ligne de chaleur (1987)
- Les Portes tournantes (1988)
- Les Matins infidèles (1988)
- L'air de rien (1989)
- Nelligan (1991)
- Blood of the Hunter (1995)
- Le Grand serpent du monde (1999)
- Post Mortem (1999)
- Una Casa con Vista al Mar (2001)
- La turbulence des fluides (2002)
- Jean Moulin, une affaire française (2003)
- Folle embellie (2004)