Yves Simoneau

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Yves Simoneau

Born October 28, 1955 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (age 70)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yves Simoneau (born October 28, 1955 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director. His acclaimed 1987 crime drama Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) garnered multiple Genie Awards nominations including best direction at the 8th Genie Awards. His 1987 film In the Shadow of the Wind was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festiva…

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Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeBury My Heart at Wounded Knee · 2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
★ 6.52007
MovieWesternDrama
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
Free MoneyFree Money · 1998
Free Money
★ 5.41998
MovieComedyCrime
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.
Mother's BoysMother's Boys · 1993
Mother's Boys
★ 5.41993
MovieDramaThriller
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a divorce. She responds by trying to turn her three boys against Callie, then by slashing herself and blaming her rival and finally by drawing her 12-year-old, Kes, into a murderous plot.
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out · 2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
★ 6.62003
MovieActionDrama
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
The Lost Wife of Robert DurstThe Lost Wife of Robert Durst · 2017
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst
★ 5.82017
MovieDramaCrime
Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes.
36 Hours to Die36 Hours to Die · 1999
36 Hours to Die
★ 4.31999
MovieTV MovieCrime
Treat Williams stars in this drama as the owner of a brewing company who refuses to knuckle under when gangsters make threats against him, his business, and his family. With the help of his wife and his uncle, he's able to outsmart and outmuscle the crooks. Carroll O'Connor and Kim Cattrall are featured in the supporting cast.
IgnitionIgnition · 2002
Ignition
★ 4.62002
MovieActionDrama
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightAmelia Earhart: The Final Flight · 1994
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
★ 6.21994
MovieAdventureDrama
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

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AmericaAmerica · 2009
America
★ 3.52009
MovieDrama
In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, which began when he was taken by authorities from his crack-addicted mother, and placed into foster care as an infant. The short time of stability in his life occurred when America lived with Mrs. Harper, the elderly nanny to one of his foster families. Later reunited with his mother, she soon abandons America and he is again placed into foster care. Lagging behind in school and full of anger, America retreats further away from society after years of sexual abuse. After attempting suicide, America is placed in a treatment center where Dr. Brennan helps him open up about his painful past and discover the support and courage he needs to get his life back on track.

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