La Grande séduction
Chosen to close the Director's Fortnight section of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, director Jean-François Pouliot's comedy chronicles the chaos wreaked when a small, down-on-its-luck town is seduced by the promise of having a big-time manufacturing plant — on one unique condition. It seems that the company isn't willing to move to the isolated, Quebec-countryside burgh unless the mayor (Raymond Bouchard) and townsfolk can procure a doctor for them. Salvation arrives in the form of Lewis (David Boutin), a mild-mannered man from Montreal whom the townspeople begin to try to impress, persuade, or otherwise cajole into taking the job. Their methods, however, become so devious — going so far as to tap the good doctor's phone line — that they run the risk of being found out, and upsetting their one shot at prosperity in the process. — Michael Hastings
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Raymond Bouchard | Germain Lesage |
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Dominik Michon-Dagenais | Germain Lesage enfant |
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Guy-Daniel Tremblay | Rolland Lesage |
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Nadia Drouin | Simone Lesage |
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Rita Lafontaine | Hélène Lesage |
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Roc LaFortune | Charles Campeau |
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Réal Bossé | Denis Lacoste |
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Guy Vaillancourt | Claude Larivée |
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Lucie Laurier | Eve Beauchemin |
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Pierre Collin | Yvon Brunet |
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Ken Scott | Richard Auger |
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Jean-Pierre Gonthier | Réal Fournier |
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Benoît Brière | Henri Giroux |
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Marc Legault | Marcel Sigouin |
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Caroline Bouchard | Lucie Giroux |
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Betty Jones | Marlène Giroux |
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Denis Houle | Barman |
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Claude Gasse | Serveuse du restaurant |
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Bruno Blanchet | Steve Laurin |
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Nadia Rowsell | Valérie Fournier |
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Alexandrine Agostini | Francine Fournier |
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Gilles Pelletier | Alphonse Pinsonneault |
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Frédéric Desager | Dr. Paul Gosselin |
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David Boutin | Christopher Lewis |
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Philippe Daneault | Le coureur |
| Director | Jean-François Pouliot |
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| Writer | Ken Scott | |
| Producer | Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal | |
| Musician | Jean-Marie Benoît | |
| Photography | Allen Smith | |
| Edition | Original French Version With English Subtitles |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Subtitles | English | French |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 16, 2004 |
| Regions | 1 |