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Paule Baillargeon

Paule Baillargeon

Canadian actor and film director
July 19, 1945 (79 years old)
Can. 2011. Essay film by Paule Baillargeon. Filmmaker, theaterperson, actress, feminist activist and mother, Paule Baillargeon tells her story through thirty vignettes presented in chronological order.
Runtime: 81 min.
Can. 2010. Psychological drama by Catherine Martin with Guylaine Tremblay, François Papineau, Denis Bernard. Shattered by the murder of her only daughter, a woman leaves Montreal and moves to her family's country home, where she gives up all desire to live.
Runtime: 87 min.

A Family Secret

V.O.: Le Secret de ma mère
Can. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Ghyslaine Côté with Ginette Reno, Céline Bonnier, Joëlle Morin. At her father's funeral, a young woman makes shocking discoveries about her family.
Runtime: 86 min.
Can. 2003. Dramatic comedy by Nathalie Saint-Pierre with Frédéric Desager, Alexandrine Agostini, Paul Buissonneau. In Montreal, a suicidal photographer rediscovers the will to live after meeting his new neighbor who is lonely like him.
Runtime: 88 min.
Can. 2002. Documentary by Paule Baillargeon. This documentary about the famous Quebec filmmaker Claude Jutra aims to shed light on the lesser-known aspects of his life.
Runtime: 82 min.

August 32nd on Earth

V.O.: Un 32 août sur Terre
Can. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Denis Villeneuve with Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Richard S. Hamilton. A young woman who survived a car accident convinces her best friend to have a child with her in the salt desert near Salt Lake City.
Runtime: 89 min.
Can. 1993. Psychological drama by Paule Baillargeon with Marianne-Coquelicot Mercier, Denis Mercier, Sylvie Drapeau. Living alone with her mother, a 12-year-old girl reconnects with her father who has undergone gender reassignment surgery since he left them.
Runtime: 104 min.
Can. 1991. Psychological drama by Paule Baillargeon with Julie Vincent, Marc Messier, Johanne Fontaine. In search of the ideal companion, a man embittered by a failed romance meets an ordered and lonely young woman.
Runtime: 81 min.
Can. 1991. Social drama by Marcel Simard with Germain Houde, Paule Baillargeon, Mario Saint-Amand. An author discovers the sad reality of six young offenders while working with them to develop a play.
Runtime: 96 min.

Montreal Sextet

V.O.: Montréal vu par... Six variations sur un thème
Runtime: 127 min.

Jesus of Montreal

V.O.: Jésus de Montréal
Can. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Denys Arcand with Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay. A young actor, solicited by a religious man to renovate the presentation of a dramatic Stations of the Cross, creates a revised version of the passion of Christ.
Runtime: 120 min.
Can. 1988. Psychological drama by Jacques Leduc with Normand Chouinard, Paule Baillargeon, Josée Chaboillez. On his fortieth birthday, a journalist recalls certain stages of his life.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 1987. Comedy by Patricia Rozema with Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie McDonald. Despite her obvious incompetence, a young woman gets a temporary job at an art gallery in Toronto.
Runtime: 81 min.

A Woman in Transit

V.O.: La Femme de l'hôtel
Can. 1984. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Paule Baillargeon, Louise Marleau, Marthe Turgeon. In a Montreal hotel, a filmmaker befriends a client in whom she believes she sees the heroine of her film.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Dame in Color

V.O.: La Dame en couleurs
Can. 1984. Psychological drama by Claude Jutra with Charlotte Laurier, Gilles Renaud, Paule Baillargeon. Orphans raised in a psychiatric hospital create a world of their own in the basement of the institution.
Runtime: 115 min.

Angel Life

V.O.: Vie d'ange
Runtime: 84 min
Runtime: 82 min.

The Late Blossom

V.O.: Le Soleil se lève en retard
Can. 1977. Sentimental comedy by André Brassard with Rita Lafontaine, Yvon Deschamps, Denise Filiatrault. A young woman meets a shy bachelor through a dating agency.
Runtime: 113 min.

Panic

V.O.: Panique
Can. 1977. Social drama by Jean-Claude Lord with Paule Baillargeon, Jean Coutu, Lise Thouin. Chemicals from a pulp mill contaminate the drinking water of a large city, causing the illness and death of several children.
Runtime: 96 min.

Before the Time Comes

V.O.: Le Temps de l'avant
Can. 1975. Psychological drama by Anne-Claire Poirier with Luce Guilbeault, Paule Baillargeon, Pierre Gobeil. Upon learning that she is pregnant, a forty-year-old mother considers having an abortion.
Runtime: 88 min.
Can. 1975. Social drama by Denys Arcand with Céline Lomez, Claude Blanchard, Gabriel Arcand. The assault of a dancer in a provincial motel leads to a settling of scores and trouble for a group of filmmakers making a documentary about a textile factory.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 1973. Social drama by Denys Arcand with Jean Lajeunesse, Luce Guilbeault, Pierre Thériault. A reception hosted by a construction contractor is interrupted by the return of his ex-wife.
Runtime: 94 min.

Montreal Blues

V.O.: Montréal Blues
Can. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Pascal Gélinas with Raymond Cloutier, Paule Baillargeon, Guy Thauvette. The romantic setbacks of two boys and two girls who run a restaurant for outsiders in a working-class neighbourhood.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Great Ordinary Movie

V.O.: Le Grand Film ordinaire
Can. 1971. Documentary by Roger Frappier with Raymond Cloutier, Paule Baillargeon, Jocelyn Bérubé. A troupe of young actors travels through the villages of Quebec presenting a show.
Runtime: 79 min.
Can. 1969. Essay film by Gilles Groulx with Pierre Harel, Paule Baillargeon.
Runtime: 64 min.

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