Yves Jacques

Yves Jacques

Yves Jacques OC (born 10 May 1956) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. Jacques was born in Quebec City in 1956. He studied theatre at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, and began acting on stage in both Quebec City and Montreal. He became more widely known to film and television audiences beginning in 1981 as a sketch performer in Télévision de Radio-Canada's annual Bye Bye New Year's Eve variety special, and soon began appearing more widely in film and television roles. To international audiences, he is best known as Claude, the gay academic in Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions. On stage, he is noted for originating the role of Lydie-Anne in the premiere of Michel Marc Bouchard's play Lilies. He has been in several movies by French filmmaker Claude Miller, including Of Woman and Magic and Little Lili. His fame has continued to grow with films and theatrical productions in both France and Quebec. Since 2001, he has toured the world in two shows by Robert Lepage, Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) and Le Projet Andersen, where he played all the roles. Since 2018, he has appeared regularly in Mathieu Quesnel’s theatrical creations. More recently, he played in Aline by Valérie Lemercier, in Maria by Alec Pronovost, and in Chloé Robichaud’s Les jours heureux. In 2022, Yves Jacques played in Martin Villeneuve's The 12 Tasks of Imelda (Les 12 travaux d'Imelda), co-starring playwright Robert Lepage and actress-signer Ginette Reno. He was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication de France in February 2001, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009, for his performances in theatre, television and film, in Canada and abroad. He is openly gay. Source: Article "Yves Jacques" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 1.588
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1956-05-10
  • Place of Birth : Québec City, Québec, Canada
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Yves Jacques Movies

  • 1989
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    Jesus of Montreal

    Jesus of Montreal

    6.896 1989 HD

    A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as...

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  • 2003
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    The Barbarian Invasions

    The Barbarian Invasions

    7.056 2003 HD

    In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver...

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  • 2006
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    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    5.9 2006 HD

    Alice d'Abanville and Louis Ruinard are two extraordinary personalities. They were the most strikingly glamorous couple of the 70s. But this pair...

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  • 2023
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    Katak: The Brave Beluga

    Katak: The Brave Beluga

    6 2023 HD

    While his peers have all turned white, Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma,...

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  • 2020
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    Aline

    Aline

    6.697 2020 HD

    A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.

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  • 2023
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    Days of Happiness

    Days of Happiness

    5.571 2023 HD

    Emma, a talented conductor and rising star on the Montreal scene, has a complicated relationship with her father and agent Patrick. She has to face...

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  • 2005
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    Let's Be Friends

    Let's Be Friends

    5.5 2005 HD

    The two friends Claude and Serge are fundamentally different in their temperament. Similarities arise only when they try to have a relationship with...

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  • 2007
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    A Secret

    A Secret

    6.451 2007 HD

    In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels...

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  • 2000
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    Via crucis

    Via crucis

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Evening Traveler

    The Evening Traveler

    1 1993 HD

    1993 TV movie

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  • 2002
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    The Collector

    The Collector

    5.6 2002 HD

    The detective Maud Graham hides her sensibility behind the image of a strong and independant woman. She frequently offers her hospitality to a...

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  • 2010
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    Cabotins

    Cabotins

    1 2010 HD

    To avoid total bankruptcy, a down-on-his-luck show-business legend puts on one last show.

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  • 2005
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    Aurore

    Aurore

    7.4 2005 HD

    After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death....

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  • 2008
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    48 Hours a Day

    48 Hours a Day

    4.6 2008 HD

    A young professional woman takes radical action to force her husband's help with the household chores.

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  • 2020
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    Le chemin de Noël

    Le chemin de Noël

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1998
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    Class Trip

    Class Trip

    6 1998 HD

    A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.

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  • 2010
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    The Last Escape

    The Last Escape

    6.6 2010 HD

    Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of...

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  • 1986
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    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    6.8 1986 HD

    Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual),...

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  • 2000
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    The Widow of Saint-Pierre

    The Widow of Saint-Pierre

    6.5 2000 HD

    In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in...

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  • 2020
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    Night Slice

    Night Slice

    9 2020 HD

    Stuck in a depressing and mind numbing routine, Pierre decides to trade the sweaty atmosphere of the factory for the conditioned air of a hotel room....

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  • 2000
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    Of Woman and Magic

    Of Woman and Magic

    5.7 2000 HD

    Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and...

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  • 2003
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    Little Lili

    Little Lili

    5.5 2003 HD

    This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and...

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  • 2000
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    Life after love

    Life after love

    5.2 2000 HD

    After 20 years of marriage and almost perfect love, Sophie leaves her husband Gilles for another guy. Many misadventures await Gilles in his nervous...

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  • 2011
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    Second Chance

    Second Chance

    5.7 2011 HD

    Julien Monnier has a serious problem. Though he's a brilliant couples counselor, he can't keep a woman in his life for more than two weeks. Indeed,...

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  • 2022
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    Embrasse

    Embrasse

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2001
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    Betty Fisher and Other Stories

    Betty Fisher and Other Stories

    6.1 2001 HD

    When bestselling novelist Betty Fisher loses her young son in a tragic accident, her unstable mother resorts to unusual actions to alleviate Betty's...

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  • 2002
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    Séraphin: Heart of Stone

    Séraphin: Heart of Stone

    6.143 2002 HD

    The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near...

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  • 2011
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    French Immersion

    French Immersion

    3.4 2011 HD

    Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion program in the fictional, remote town of...

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  • 2012
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    Laurence Anyways

    Laurence Anyways

    7.638 2012 HD

    The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true...

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  • 2012
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    Thérèse

    Thérèse

    5.8 2012 HD

    An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.

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  • 1991
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    Montreal Stories

    Montreal Stories

    5 1991 HD

    Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first...

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  • 2011
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    See How They Dance

    See How They Dance

    4 2011 HD

    A French video artist traverses Canada on a train that takes her from the east to the west through the snow. This journey leads her to encounter the...

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  • 1994
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    Louis 19, King of the Airwaves

    Louis 19, King of the Airwaves

    5.6 1994 HD

    Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable...

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  • 2001
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    Wedding Night

    Wedding Night

    4 2001 HD

    Florence and Nicolas live happily together. Until the sister of Nicolas them points to a contest you get to win the first prize, a wedding with all...

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  • 1985
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    Hold-up

    Hold-up

    6.2 1985 HD

    Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the...

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  • 2004
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    Ordo

    Ordo

    4.7 2004 HD

    Ordo Tupikos, a french sailor with greek origins, discover that his first wife, Estelle, with whom he had remained married a few months only 16 years...

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  • 2014
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    Darling Trap

    Darling Trap

    4.808 2014 HD

    Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that...

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  • 2014
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    An Eye for Beauty

    An Eye for Beauty

    3.4 2014 HD

    An architect and his wife see their relationship challenged.

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  • 2024
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    Sisters and Neighbors!

    Sisters and Neighbors!

    6 2024 HD

    The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she...

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  • 2012
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    La danse de l'albatros

    La danse de l'albatros

    4.8 2012 HD

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  • 1991
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    Milena

    Milena

    2 1991 HD

    Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to...

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  • 2022
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    The 12 Tasks of Imelda

    The 12 Tasks of Imelda

    6.8 2022 HD

    Imelda, a larger-than-life character inspired by the director's grandmother, sets herself on a quest to settle old scores before celebrating her...

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  • 1999
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    Memories Unlocked

    Memories Unlocked

    6.2 1999 HD

    In this French Canadian drama, the life of a paraplegic painter implodes when an old girlfriend comes back into his life and accuses him of raping...

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  • 2014
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    Grace of Monaco

    Grace of Monaco

    5.997 2014 HD

    The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and...

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  • 2023
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    Testament

    Testament

    6.717 2023 HD

    In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a...

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  • 2022
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    Imelda 7: Pipo

    Imelda 7: Pipo

    1 2022 HD

    With the help of daughter Diane, Imelda brings her dog Pipo to a veterinarian. As Diane digs deeper into her mother's personal life, however, an...

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  • 2001
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    Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon

    Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon

    1 2001 HD

    In 1936, the political and marital tribulations of Léon Blum, elected President of the Council at the head of the Popular Front.

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  • 2023
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    The Successor

    The Successor

    6.4 2023 HD

    Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has...

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  • 2016
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    Boundaries

    Boundaries

    5.8 2016 HD

    Emily Price tries to balance family life and leading crunch negotiations between a Canadian politician and the president of a country whose natural...

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  • 1990
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    Ding et Dong : Le film

    Ding et Dong : Le film

    7 1990 HD

    Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try...

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  • 2018
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    A Man in a Hurry

    A Man in a Hurry

    6.5 2018 HD

    The story revolves around Alain, a busy businessman who is always in a rush. In his life, there is no room for spare time or family. But one day, he...

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  • 1984
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    Sonatine

    Sonatine

    6.9 1984 HD

    This poignant human drama is phrased as a "small sonata" in three movements -- a novel approach by director and writer Micheline Lactôt to tell...

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  • 2015
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    Maurice

    Maurice

    1 2015 HD

    Everything would be fine. Maurice had made up his mind. He had made a list: pick a date, announce his retirement, sell the car, see old friends, and...

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  • 2017
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    False Confessions

    False Confessions

    5.4 2017 HD

    Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. The valet Dubois does all...

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  • 2004
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    The Aviator

    The Aviator

    7.225 2004 HD

    A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer...

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  • 2017
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    Father and Guns 2

    Father and Guns 2

    6.5 2017 HD

    A few years after they infiltrated a therapy program for fathers and sons, Marc Laroche is having some issues with his girlfriend Alice and Jacques...

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  • 1999
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    Changement de cap

    Changement de cap

    6 1999 HD

    During a cruise, two women marked by life become friends.

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  • 2016
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    Father Son Therapy

    Father Son Therapy

    5.314 2016 HD

    A cop and his son have to put away their differences while undercover on a therapeutic trip.

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  • 2009
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    You'll Miss Me

    You'll Miss Me

    4.2 2009 HD

    In an airport, six destinies, during a short moment, will change, separate and meet. And if these characters were going through, without knowing it,...

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  • 2013
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    Anna et Otto

    Anna et Otto

    6.2 2013 HD

    Otto and Anna, a brother and sister in their twenties, separated by the divorce of their parents, live on two continents. The vagaries of life keep...

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  • 2019
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    Ca$h Nexu$

    Ca$h Nexu$

    5 2019 HD

    Jimmy is trapped in a spiral of street drug addiction and withdrawal. One day, Jimmy is forced to get back in contact with his family. The...

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  • 2019
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    Forgotten Flowers

    Forgotten Flowers

    6.5 2019 HD

    Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return earth to help former agronomist...

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  • 2009
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    Les figures

    Les figures

    6 2009 HD

    A heartbroken mother running around in the park and asks for her missing 6-year-old son.

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  • 1982
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    Red Eyes

    Red Eyes

    5 1982 HD

    A city neighborhood is frightened by a strangler and a voyeur. The police detectives, headed by Léopold Latour, are not very efficient in...

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  • 2001
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    Requiem contre un plafond

    Requiem contre un plafond

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    6.3 1984 HD

    Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman...

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  • 1999
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    Le bogue de l'an 2000

    Le bogue de l'an 2000

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2021
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    La face cachée de la Lune

    La face cachée de la Lune

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1991
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    Duplex

    Duplex

    1 1991 HD

    An archaeologist who has been charged with bringing a pre-Columbian statue back to France meets a journalist during a stay in the jails of South...

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  • 2021
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    Maria

    Maria

    9 2021 HD

    When Maria thinks she's at the bottom of the barrel, she discovers that this barrel has a double bottom: no job, no money, no worthy accomplishment...

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  • 2004
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    Tout le monde en parle

    Tout le monde en parle

    4.2 2004 HD

    Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that...

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  • 2020
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    Benezra reçoit

    Benezra reçoit

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1983
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    Poivre et sel

    Poivre et sel

    6 1983 HD

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  • 2006
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    Mafiosa

    Mafiosa

    7.3 2006 HD

    By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a powerful mafia clan. She becomes a respected, but also...

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  • 2014
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    The Killer Inside

    The Killer Inside

    3.9 2014 HD

    Psychological crime series following the investigations of interrogation experts Julie Beauchemin and Maxime Moreli.

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  • 2021
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    Ça fait la job

    Ça fait la job

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2022
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    Paris Paris

    Paris Paris

    6 2022 HD

    One day, a tunnel opens up between Philippe's basement in Paris, Ontario and Paris, France. Here's a chance for Philippe, caught up in a midlife...

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  • 2004
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    H2O

    H2O

    9 2004 HD

    H2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television October 31, 2004. It starred Paul Gross and Leslie Hope,...

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  • 1995
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    Belle Époque

    Belle Époque

    10 1995 HD

    It all begins when Lucien Lachenay (André Dussollier), famous builder of the moving sidewalk for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, saves the life...

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  • 1997
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    Ces enfants d'ailleurs

    Ces enfants d'ailleurs

    9 1997 HD

    The story of a Polish family during the Second World War.

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  • 2002
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    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    6.9 2002 HD

    A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed...

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  • 2018
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    En tout cas

    En tout cas

    8 2018 HD

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  • 2016
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    Les échangistes

    Les échangistes

    1 2016 HD

    Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical...

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  • 2018
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    Cette année-là

    Cette année-là

    1 2018 HD

    A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Savard. Each week, based...

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  • 2010
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    Les enfants de la télé

    Les enfants de la télé

    6.5 2010 HD

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  • 1968
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    Bye Bye

    Bye Bye

    5.7 1968 HD

    Broadcast on December 31st, Bye Bye is a comic year-in-review which consists of sketches that parody the political, cultural and social events of the...

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  • 2020
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    Happily Married

    Happily Married

    6.2 2020 HD

    In 1974, in the quiet suburb of Sainte-Foy, two discontented couples bring their kids to summer camp. Once home, they must face the pitiful state...

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  • 2019
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    L'effet Wow

    L'effet Wow

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    4 2019 HD

    Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but...

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  • 2013
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    Entrée principale

    Entrée principale

    1 2013 HD

    In this off-the-wall lifestyle magazine, host André Robitaille and his band of contributors report on the latest and greatest the scene has to...

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  • 2002
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    Viens voir les comédiens

    Viens voir les comédiens

    1 2002 HD

    Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.

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  • 2011
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    Bar ouvert

    Bar ouvert

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1993
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    La Petite Vie

    La Petite Vie

    8.8 1993 HD

    La petite vie was first a stage sketch of the comedy duo Ding et Dong, formed by Claude Meunier and Serge Thériault, and later a hit Quebec...

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  • 2009
    imgS16 E7

    En direct de l'univers

    En direct de l'univers

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2007
    imgS14 E12

    Curieux Bégin

    Curieux Bégin

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1986
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    Avec un grand A

    Avec un grand A

    1 1986 HD

    L'Amour avec un Grand A is a French-Canadian television series which aired from 1988 to 1995. The series explores different complex sexual and taboo...

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  • 2017
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    Y'a du monde à messe

    Y'a du monde à messe

    7.5 2017 HD

    Public figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would seem to have little in common. However, something does...

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  • 2006
    imgS1 E6

    L'État de Grace

    L'État de Grace

    1 2006 HD

    L'État de Grace was a French television show that featured France's first female president.

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  • 2015
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    Ti-Mé Show

    Ti-Mé Show

    1 2015 HD

    Each week, in front of a fired-up audience, personalities from all areas come on Ti-Mé’s show for an hour of comedy and quirks. A...

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  • 2019
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    Mythomaniac

    Mythomaniac

    6.325 2019 HD

    Burned out and taken for granted, a working mom suspects her partner is cheating, so to win back his attentions, she feigns a medical diagnosis.

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