André Gagnon

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André Gagnon

Born August 2, 1936 · Saint Pacôme-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Died December 3, 2020 · aged 84

André Gagnon (2 August 1936 – 3 December 2020) was a Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, arranger, and actor, known for his fusion of classical and pop styles, including compositions Neiges, Smash, Chevauchée, Surprise, Donna, and Mouvements in the disco and pop fields. Gagnon also composed for television, including La Souris Verte, Vivre en ce Pays, Format 60, Format 30,Techno-Flash, and Les F…

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The Hot TouchThe Hot Touch · 1982
The Hot Touch
★ 4.81982
MovieDramaCrime
A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.
PhobiaPhobia · 1980
Phobia
★ 4.31980
MovieThrillerHorror
A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
RunningRunning · 1979
Running
★ 6.71979
MovieDrama
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
The Merry World of Leopold ZThe Merry World of Leopold Z · 1965
The Merry World of Leopold Z
★ 6.41965
MovieComedy
A worker, called in a hurry to remove the snow in the city street, try to buy his remaining gifts in the tumult of Christmas eve without quitting his work.
Games of the XXI OlympiadGames of the XXI Olympiad · 1977
Games of the XXI Olympiad
★ 5.11977
MovieDocumentary
Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Much more than a simple record of the Games, the film approaches each event with the intention of revealing the athlete - whether winner or loser - as a unique individual.
Le film d'ArianeLe film d'Ariane · 1985
Le film d'Ariane
1985
Movie
"At 75, Ariane retraces the thread of her life. Through her story and thanks to a meticulous and subtle montage of thousands of pieces of film shot by amateurs between 1925 and 1980, this film weaves the entire history of women in Quebec, from the era of land clearing to modern feminism." -- Cinémathèque québécoise
Pour l'amour de ThomasPour l'amour de Thomas · 1995
Pour l'amour de Thomas
★ 8.01995
MovieDrama
A young HIV-positive man returns to his birthplace in Québec and tries to live life as fully as possible, rejecting self-pity and alienating his over-protective mother.
26 Times in a Row26 Times in a Row · 1978
26 Times in a Row
1978
MovieDocumentary
This short documentary revisits the 1976 Olympic Marathon. A modern-day addition to the Games, the marathon commemorates the soldier who ran cross-country, in 490 B.C., to announce the Greek victory at Marathon and then died. Here, great film footage of the 1976 Summer Olympics captures the physical demands of the race, while its emotional counterpart is related by Waldemar Cierpinski, the event’s 1976 gold medalist. This emotion-charged film proves that although the winner of the Decathlon is the best all-round athlete, the “toughest” is the winner of the Marathon

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Freezing PointFreezing Point · 2006
Freezing Point
2006
SeriesDrama
The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found murdered. Keizo secretly blames his wife Natsue because he suspects her of having an affair with his colleague Murai, and having been too distracted to keep proper watch over the child. Being a proud man, he does not accuse her directly, but concocts, instead, a twisted revenge against her. Pretending it is to comfort his devastated wife, Keizo arranges for them to adopt a baby girl. What he hasn't told Natsue, is that the baby is the orphaned daughter of the murderer, a tragic day-laborer who has hanged himself while in police custody. He plans to reveal the child's origins after Natsue has given her heart to the child-- when it will cause the greatest possible hurt.

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