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Charles Binamé

Charles Binamé

Canadian director
May 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Can. 2014. Psychological drama by Charles Binamé with Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Catherine Keener. The director of a psychiatric hospital calls for an interview with a disturbed patient, whom he suspects of being involved in the sudden disappearance of his attending physician.
Runtime: 110 min.
Can. 2011. Drama by Charles Binamé with Emily Osment, Kay Panabaker, Kelly Rowan. A teenager is being cyber-bullied by students at her high school.
Runtime: 87 min.
Can. 2008. Political drama by Charles Binamé with Paul Gross, Martha Burns, Greta Scacchi. Following a vote that led to Canada joining the United States, the former Prime Minister devises a machiavellian plan to become the new president.

The American Trap

V.O.: Le Piège américain
Can. 2008. Chronicle by Charles Binamé with Rémy Girard, Gérard Darmon, Colm Feore. The career of Quebec criminal Lucien Rivard, who was involved in the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Rocket

V.O.: Maurice Richard
Can. 2005. Biography by Charles Binamé with Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Julie Le Breton. The life and career of Maurice Richard, famous hockey player and hero to the French Canadians.
Runtime: 123 min.
Can. 2005. History by Charles Binamé with Wendy Crewson, Stipe Erceg, John Corbett. The investigation by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal to indict the president of former Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, for war crimes.
Runtime: 89 min.
Can. 2004. Political drama by Charles Binamé with Paul Gross, Leslie Hope, Gordon Pinsent. Following the death of the Canadian Prime Minister, his son succeedes him at the head of the country in a climate of political scandal.

Séraphin

V.O.: Un Homme et son péché
Can. 2002. Mores drama by Charles Binamé with Pierre Lebeau, Karine Vanasse, Roy Dupuis. In 1890, in a poor Quebec village, a young girl must give up the one she loves to marry a miser with a heart of stone.
Runtime: 110 min.

Pandora's Beauty

V.O.: La Beauté de Pandore
Can. 1999. Sentimental drama by Charles Binamé with Pascale Bussières, Jean-François Casabonne, Maude Guérin. A Montreal entrepreneur meets a mysterious woman who turns his life upside down.
Runtime: 92 min.
Can. 1998. Mores drama by Charles Binamé with Pascale Montpetit, Guy Nadon, Anne-Marie Cadieux. To break her isolation, a young woman offers to give an hour of her time to various strangers.
Runtime: 108 min.

Chili's Blues

V.O.: C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
Can. 1993. Psychological drama by Charles Binamé with Roy Dupuis, Lucie Laurier, Joëlle Morin. At a train station where many passengers are trapped because of a snowstorm, a travelling salesperson comforts a melancholic schoolgirl.
Runtime: 99 min.
Can. 1989. Satire by Charles Binamé with Denis Bouchard, Dorothée Berryman, Brigitte Paquette. After a plane crash and a surgery, the head of an environmentally inclined government undertakes curious reforms.

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