Karmina 2

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Karmina 2
French Karmina 2, L'Enfer de Chabot
Directed by Gabriel Pelletier
Written by
Produced byNicole Robert
Starring
CinematographyDaniel Villeneuve
Edited by Gaétan Huot
Music byGaétan Essiambre
Production
company
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Karmina 2 (French : Karmina 2, L'Enfer de Chabot) is a Canadian comedy horror film from Quebec, directed by Gabriel Pelletier and released in 2001. [1]

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A sequel to the 1996 film Karmina , the film centres on Ghislain Chabot (Gildor Roy), the potion-maker who had a smaller supporting role in the first film. [2] When his wife Linda (Diane Lavallée) throws him out of the house after a fight, blocking his access to the potion that he sells to vampires to allow them to take human form, he is forced to figure out how to get back into the house to reclaim his supplies. Meanwhile, Karmina (Isabelle Cyr) and Philippe (Robert Brouillette) return to Montreal. [3]

The cast also includes Yves Pelletier, Sylvie Léonard, Julien Poulin, Michel Courtemanche, France Castel, Sylvie Potvin, Pierre Collin, Macha Limonchik, Annie Dufresne, Michel Laperrière, Louis Champagne, Richard Thériault, Gary Boudreault and Marie-Chantal Perron.

Awards

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, for Best Overall Sound (Luc Boudrias, Yvon Benoît, Jo Caron, Benoit Leduc) and Best Sound Editing (Marcel Pothier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie, Jacques Plante, Claire Pochon). [4]

Gaétan Huot was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Editing at the 4th Jutra Awards. [5]

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References

  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN   1-894073-21-5. p. 116.
  2. Genevieve Royer, "In Karmina 2, vampires speak joual". Montreal Gazette , July 13, 2001.
  3. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Karmina 2 – Film de Gabriel Pelletier". Films du Québec, January 19, 2009.
  4. "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star , December 13, 2001.
  5. Agnes Poirier, "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily , January 24, 2002.