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Directed by | Daniel Roby |
Written by | Sylvain Guy |
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Cinematography | Nicolas Bolduc |
Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Music by | Jorane |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | French English |
Louis Cyr (French : Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde) is a 2013 Canadian drama film. [1] A biopic directed by Daniel Roby, the film stars Antoine Bertrand as Canadian strongman Louis Cyr. The film is based on a novel by Paul Ohl.
Its cast also includes Gilbert Sicotte, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka, Guillaume Cyr, Gil Bellows, Eliane Gagnon, Normand Carrière, Amélie Grenier, Cliff Saunders and Marilyn Castonguay. The film was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, winning two.
The film was the top-grossing film of the year in Quebec. [2]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Canadian Screen Awards | 9 March 2014 | Best Art Direction / Production Design | Michel Proulx | Won | [3] [4] |
Best Costume Design | Carmen Alie | Won | |||
Best Sound Editing | Antoine Morin, Christian Rivest, Guy Pelletier, Martin Pinsonnault, Mireille Morin and Paul Col | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Aélis Héraud, Antoine Wibaut, Catherine Hébert, Cyntha Carrier, David Raymond, Jonathan Legris, Josée Chapdelaine, Louis-Alexandre Lord, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput and Sarah Neveu | Nominated | |||
Jutra Awards | 23 March 2014 | Best Film | Christian Larouche, Caroline Héroux, Stephanie Heroux | Won | [5] [6] |
Best Director | Daniel Roby | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Antoine Bertrand | Won | |||
Best Actress | Rose-Maïté Erkoreka | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Guillaume Cyr | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Nicolas Bolduc | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Michel Proulx | Won | |||
Best Costume Design | Carmen Alie | Won | |||
Best Hairstyling | Martin Lapointe | Won | |||
Best Makeup | Nathalie Trépanier | Won | |||
Best Sound | Martin Pinsonnault, Stéphane Bergeron and Simon Poudrette | Won | |||
Golden Ticket | Christian Larouche, Caroline Héroux and Daniel Roby | Won | |||
Gilbert Sicotte, is a Canadian actor.
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear is a 2013 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Côté. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Nicolas Bolduc is a Canadian cinematographer from Montreal, Quebec. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography two years in a row, in the 1st Canadian Screen Awards and 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for War Witch (2012) and Enemy (2013). He also won the Jutra Award for War Witch, and was nominated the next year for Louis Cyr. Bolduc was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Prix Iris in 2017 for Two Lovers and a Bear.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.
The Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best documentary film made within the cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Editing is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best film editing in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best animated short film made within the cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Art Direction is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best art direction in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Costume Design is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best costume design in films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Hair is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best hairstyling in films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Makeup is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best makeup work in films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Original Music is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best music in films made within the Cinema of Quebec. Unlike some other film awards, which present separate categories for scores and songs, the Prix Iris only presents a single music category inclusive of both types of film music.
The Prix Iris for Best Sound is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best sound in feature films made within the Cinema of Quebec. Unlike some film awards, Québec Cinéma does not present separate awards for overall sound and sound editing, but instead honours the full sound team in a single category; however it does also present a distinct category for Best Sound in a Documentary.
Rose-Maïté Erkoreka is a Canadian actress and playwright from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 2013 film Louis Cyr , for which she received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.
Sylvain Guy is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Quebec. He is most noted for the 2004 film Machine Gun Molly , for which he and Luc Dionne won the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005. He was also previously nominated in the same category for Black List at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996, and subsequently at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions).
The Four Soldiers is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Morin and released in 2013. Adapted from the novel Quatre soldats by Hubert Mingarelli, the film centres on Dominique, Mateo, Max and Kevin, four soldiers in a civil war who find a secluded pond that becomes a refuge from the stresses and horrors of fighting.
Guillaume Cyr is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Horace Barré in the 2013 film Louis Cyr , for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.