Stardom is a 2000

2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

 Canadian film written by J.Jacob Potashnik & Denys Arcand and directed by 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...

 and starring Jessica Paré

Jessica Paré

Jessica Paré is a Canadian film and television actress. She has appeared in the films Stardom , Lost and Delirious , Wicker Park , Hot Tub Time Machine , and co-starred in the vampire horror-comedy Suck...

 and Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

. It tells the story of a young girl who tries to cope with her rise to stardom after being discovered by a fashion agency. The film was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival

2000 Cannes Film Festival

The 2000 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.-Jury:* Luc Besson, President * Jonathan Demme * Nicole Garcia...

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• Other titles:

15 Moments (Canada: English title)

Stardom (France)

Stardom - Le culte de la célébrité (Canada: French title)

Cast

• Jessica Paré
  Jessica Paré
  Jessica Paré is a Canadian film and television actress. She has appeared in the films Stardom , Lost and Delirious , Wicker Park , Hot Tub Time Machine , and co-starred in the vampire horror-comedy Suck...
  
   - Tina Menzhal
• Victoria Snow - Ann Menzhal, Tina's Mother
• Jessica Mackenzie - Tina's Sister
• Macha Grenon - Model Agency Owner
• Joanne Vannicola
  Joanne Vannicola
  Joanne Vannicola is a Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec. She is most notable for her role as Dr. Mia Stone in PSI Factor and as the voice of Willy Zilla in Gene Simmons' animated television show My Dad the Rock Star....
  
   - Rosie
• Charles Berling
  Charles Berling
  Charles Berling is a French actor, director, scenario writer and producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne .-Biography:Son of a marine physician, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard...
  
   - Philippe Gascon
• Sophie Lorain
  Sophie Lorain
  Sophie Lorain is a French Canadian actress and producer. She is known for having played "Anne Fortier" in the highly-rated television series Fortier that first aired in Quebec, Canada...
  
   - Italasia Reporter
• Dan Aykroyd
  Dan Aykroyd
  Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
  
   - Barry Levine
• Thomas Gibson
  Thomas Gibson
  Thomas Ellis Gibson is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Daniel Nyland in the Medical drama series Chicago Hope, as Greg Montgomery in the comedy series Dharma & Greg, and as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner in the highly-popular CBS drama, Criminal...
  
   - Renny Ohayon
• Gregory Calpakis - Steve Bourque
• Patrick Huard
  Patrick Huard
  Patrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...
  
   - Montreal Talkshow Host
• Maggie Steed
  Maggie Steed
  Maggie Steed is an English actress and comedienne.-Youth:After studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, she left the theatre for several years.-Career:...
  
   - British Fashion Reporter
• Paul Reynolds
  Paul Reynolds
  Paul Reynolds may refer to:*Paul Reynolds , Ex-footballer, convicted sex offender.*Paul Reynolds , British actor*Paul Reynolds , BBC's World Affairs correspondent...
  
   - Nigel Pope
• Camilla Rutherford
  Camilla Rutherford
  Camilla Rutherford is an English actress and fashion model.-Background:Rutherford was born to a journalist father and magistrate mother in Holland Park...
  
   - Toni Steward
• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
  Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
  Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008...
  
   - French TV Anchorman
• Robert Lepage
  Robert Lepage
  Robert Lepage, is a playwright, actor, film director, and stage director from Québec City, Québec, and is one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists.- Life and work :...
  
  - Bruce Taylor

Hence, it is a movie where a young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.

External links

• Denys Arcand's Stardom: media mania and the beauty of beauty