Monique Mercure
Birthday: 1930-11-14
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Biography: Monique Mercure, née Émond, was born 14 November 1930 in Montreal, Qc and died 16 May 2020 in Outremont, Qc. The career of this distinguished actress, among the most visible on Quebec and Canadian stages and screens, has broad international appeal. Performing some one hundred major theatre roles in French and English, her spirit, intensity and hearty laugh made a mark on several television series and award-winning films.
Movies
Naked Lunch
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poison...
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The Blood of Others
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for th...
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The Master Key
To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find...
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Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees duri...
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The Red Violin
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 168...
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Stone Cold Dead
Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers....
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Saint Martyrs of the Damned
A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, hi...
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J.A. Martin Photographer
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian country...
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Battle of the Brave
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance betwee...
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Backyard Theatre
Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s fla...
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When Justice Fails
A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautif...
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Conquest
British-Canadian light romantic comedy film set in a dying Saskatchewan town. Bank branch manager, P...
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Dans le ventre du dragon
The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume th...
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The Third Walker
Twins Etienne and Andrew are separated at birth--an error that years later will wrench apart two lov...
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Parlez-nous d'amour
A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from v...
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Twilight
When Madeleine is diagnosed with Alzheimers, she makes two important decisions. One is to keep it fr...
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Set Me Free
A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1...
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Two Women In Gold
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel S...
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L'amour blessé
A lonely divorced woman spends her evening in her apartment listening to a phone-in radio show. As s...
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Les années de rêves
Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque r...
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Les vautours
Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as some...
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Don't Let the Angels Fall
The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insu...
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The Red Kitchen
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be ser...
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Finalement...
A young snack-bar waitress is propelled to supermodel status after meeting a photographer for a Fren...
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For Better or For Worse
An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life....
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L'absence
Louise is a professional photographer and very successful in her job. But her father who had disappe...
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Françoise Durocher, waitress
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time wa...
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Mission of Fear
A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the han...
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Contrecoeur
Contrecoeur is a film using fantastic realism to talk about psychology, drift and love. Three charac...
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Marche avec moi
In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-a...
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The Song of Roland
Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-centur...
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It's the Heart That Dies Last
At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography ...
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The Time of the Hunt
A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend h...
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A Question of Loving
A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daugh...
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Quintet
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Q...
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The Lady of Colours
In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where chi...
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Take It All
A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent ho...
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La fête des rois
Benjamin, a 10 year-old boy, lives with his mother Charlotte since his dad, Christophe, left. Charlo...
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Marie-Christine
Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, throug...
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Mon oncle Antoine
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life ...
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Waiting for Caroline
An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two b...
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The Emperor of Peru
Toby and his sister Liz live with their aunt and uncle, who take in Cambodian orphan Hoang while he ...
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Montreal Stories
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic Fren...
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Once Upon a Time in the East
Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is ...
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Whiskers
A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend....
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Love in a 4 Letter World
A family have become disillusioned with one another. The father has an affair and is caught by his d...
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Tramp at the Door
A charming stranger changes a farm family in 1936 Manitoba after showing up, claiming to be a relati...
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