Acting
Janette Bertrand
Born March 25, 1925 · Montréal, Québec, Canada (age 101)
Janette Bertrand (born March 25, 1925) is a Québec journalist, actress, educator, and writer. She was born in Montréal, grew up there, and studied journalism at the Université de Montréal. She began work at the Petit Journal, working there for 16 years. She next moved to radio, becoming the host of the Radio-Canada program Déjeuner en musique in the early 1950s. Bertrand married the actor Jean Laj…
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Big Red · 1962Big Red
★ 5.71962
MovieActionAdventure
Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, live in a separate house on the estate. To start a line of top show dogs, Haggin purchases the winner of the Montreal Kennel Club show, an Irish setter named Red.
The Handyman · 1980The Handyman
★ 3.81980
MovieDramaRomance
One of Canada's talented directors, actress Micheline Lanctot expresses an effective, engaging approach in this simple, poignant drama about Armand (Jocelyn Berube), a handyman with one problem romance after another. The quiet Armand settles into Montreal after his wife has left him and before long, he continues the momentum when an ill-considered liaison with a nubile woman ends on her insistence. Next, Armand gives his heart to a frustrated housewife, though this decision is hardly well thought out. In the meantime, a gay man who rents out a room in his apartment has unfulfilled longings directed at the unsuspecting handyman. L'Homme a Tout Faire won a Silver Medal for "Best Picture" at the 1980 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Montreal by Night · 1947Montreal by Night
★ 6.51947
MovieDocumentary
This short film showcases the city of Montreal on a summer's night. What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting sights and sounds. It is North America's second largest port and, after Paris, the world's largest French-speaking city. With its warehouses, offices, homes, clubs and amusement parks, the city serves as a bright backdrop for a happy couple out on the town.
Little Aurore's Tragedy · 1952Little Aurore's Tragedy
★ 5.41952
MovieDramaHorror
A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
Dubois et fils · 1961Dubois et fils
★ 10.01961
MovieDrama
A health problem causes a business leader to think about what will happen to his company after his death.
Avec un grand A · 1986Avec un grand A
1986
SeriesDrama
L'Amour avec un Grand A is a French-Canadian television series which aired from 1988 to 1995. The series explores different complex sexual and taboo issues. Some notable subjects include: Rape, Teen Obsession, Age Difference in love, Homosexuality and Married, Schizophrenia, Spousal Abuse. The series lasted 7 years and was very popular in Quebec. It was written by Janette Bertrand.
Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à MontréalLe Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal
SeriesReality
J'ai la mémoire qui tourne · 2009J'ai la mémoire qui tourne
2009
SeriesDocumentaryFamily
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