Jean Lapointe

Acting

Jean Lapointe

Born December 6, 1935 · Price, comté de Matane, Québec, Canada

Died November 18, 2022 · aged 86

Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator. Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films…

Known For

OrdersOrders · 1974
Orders
★ 7.31974
MovieDramaHistory
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Crying OutCrying Out · 2010
Crying Out
★ 4.62010
MovieDrama
A young man feels compelled to travel with his grand-father. The young man wants to find his father who ran away with the corpse of his ex-wife.
AngelaAngela · 1977
Angela
★ 4.91977
MovieDrama
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.
The Last TunnelThe Last Tunnel · 2004
The Last Tunnel
★ 5.72004
MovieCrimeDrama
A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
Two Women In GoldTwo Women In Gold · 1970
Two Women In Gold
★ 4.21970
MovieComedy
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.
My Very Own CircusMy Very Own Circus · 2020
My Very Own Circus
★ 5.42020
MovieComedyDrama
A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.
Never Too LateNever Too Late · 1996
Never Too Late
★ 5.51996
MovieComedy
Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.
Snow and AshesSnow and Ashes · 2010
Snow and Ashes
★ 3.62010
MovieDramaThriller
Blaise Dumas, war correspondent, covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a temporary coma in his home town of Quebec City, Blaise discovers that his long time collaborator and photographer has not come back with him. He then sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend's disappearance and his own narrow escape from the war zone.

Filmography

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An Imaginary TaleAn Imaginary Tale · 1991
An Imaginary Tale
★ 4.31991
MovieDrama
In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.

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