Yellowknife (film)
Encyclopedia
Yellowknife is a 2002 film by Canadian director Rodrigue Jean
, his second long feature after Full Blast.
to the Yukon
. Along the way, they hook up with two other couples: two strippers and a night-club singer and her manager. The relationships along the way take them as far as their desperate and receding passions allow.
Rodrigue Jean
Rodrigue Jean is an award-winning Canadian film director of Acadian origin. He studied biology, sociology and literature. He was a dancer and choreographer in the 1980s. He then studied theatre and directing in London and Tokyo....
, his second long feature after Full Blast.
Plot
Max (Sébastien Huberdeau) and Linda (Hélène Florent) travel from New BrunswickNew Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
to the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
. Along the way, they hook up with two other couples: two strippers and a night-club singer and her manager. The relationships along the way take them as far as their desperate and receding passions allow.
Cast
- Sébastien HuberdeauSébastien HuberdeauSébastien Huberdeau is a Canadian actor. He studied political science at university. He has played in a rendition of the play Talk Radio and was seen on screens abroad in The Barbarian Invasions , winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
... Max - Hélène Florent ... Linda
- Patsy GallantPatsy GallantPatsy Gallant is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French.-Successful beginnings in French :...
... Marlène Bédard - Philippe ClémentPhilippe ClementPhilippe Clement is a Belgian retired football defender. He also played a defensive midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Genk, Coventry City in England and Club Brugge. Clement played 38 times with Belgium national team and was in the team for the Euro 2000 and the 1998 World...
... Johnny - Brad Mann ... Bill
- Todd Mann ... Billy
- Glen Gould ... George
- Claude Lemieux ... Raymond
- Jean Clément
- Jennifer Cook
- Marie-Thérèse François
- Claudia Boudreau ... Barmaid