Rita Lafontaine
Birthday: 1939-06-08
Place of Birth: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Biography: Rita Lafontaine (June 8, 1939 – April 4, 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011.
Movies
Seducing Doctor Lewis
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing ...
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Noémie: Le secret
Noémie, sept ans bientôt huit, passe beaucoup de temps avec sa voisine, Madame Lumbago, puisque ses ...
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The Revolving Doors
A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother...
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La vie fantôme
Pierre is in love with two women and has a stable relationship with both of them. His wife, all by h...
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Mon amie Max
Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhoo...
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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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The Late Blossom
30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with her p...
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Kamouraska
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints ...
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Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They dec...
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The Mob
Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle. Given t...
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Soho
Soho, an aspiring young woman of about 30, lives on the fringe with all those who, like her, believe...
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Far Away From You, Darling
In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage....
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The Ideal Man
Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mea...
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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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O.K.... Laliberté
A down-and-out man who got separated, gets his second chance in a boarding house, thanks to a friend...
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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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Les grands enfants
Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest imag...
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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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Hold on to Daddy's Ears
The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire tha...
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The Machine Age
A young police officer goes through Abitibi to take a train with a young convict who escaped from he...
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French Immersion
Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion prog...
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The Alley Cat
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they mee...
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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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Streetheart
Louise is living in Montreal, unemployed. Her sister Paulette often gives her a hard time. She only ...
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La naissance d'une messe
Making of documentary filmed over months of rehearsal and experimentation between director André Bra...
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Le grand jour
A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding....
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In the Hands of Michel Tremblay
“Fiction is a letter that I’m writing to myself to make sense of the world.” These are the words of ...
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Child of the Andes
Ten-year-old Sébastiana recounts the history and legends and explains the local customs of Andahuayl...
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