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Yves Simoneau

Yves Simoneau

Quebec film director and screenwriter
October 28, 1955 (68 years old)
U.S. 2017. Biography by Yves Simoneau with Katharine McPhee, Daniel Gillies, John Glover. The union between real estate agent Robert Durst and his wife Kathie comes to a tragic end and contains many grey areas.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 2012. Biography by Yves Simoneau with Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett, Ruby Dee. In the 1960s, Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King, widows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, continue the social struggle initiated by their late husbands together.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Bait

V.O.: L'Appât
Can. 2010. Police comedy by Yves Simoneau with Guy A. Lepage, Rachid Badouri, Maxim Roy. A French spy is sent to Montreal to be an intern for a blundering police lieutenant, who unknowingly holds a secret that could bring down mafia leaders.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 2007. Historic chronicle by Yves Simoneau with Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Aidan Quinn. During the conquest of the West, the persecutions suffered by the Natives at the hands of the colonists who came from Europe.
Runtime: 132 min.
U.S. 2007. Sports drama by Yves Simoneau with Sam Shepard, Frank Whaley, Nicholas Pryor. The exploits of a thoroughbred filly who dominated the racetracks in the early 1970s.

Marie Antoinette

V.O.: Marie-Antoinette
Can. 2006. Biography by Francis Leclerc, Yves Simoneau with Karine Vanasse, Olivier Aubin, David La Haye. The life of the last queen of France, from her arrival as a teenager at the court of Versailles to her execution in 1793 by the revolutionary tribunal.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 2004. Science-fiction by Yves Simoneau with Peter Coyote, Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie. Individuals who have gone missing over the past 50 years mysteriously reappear, all with amnesia and strange powers.

3/4 d'heure de terreur

V.O.: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout
U.S. 2003. Crime drama by Yves Simoneau with Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Mario Van Peebles. Following a bank robbery in Los Angeles, a shootout breaks out between two heavily-armed robbers and dozens of police officers.

Napoleon

V.O.: Napoléon
Fr. 2002. History by Yves Simoneau with Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu. The life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from the time of the French Directory to his death.
Runtime: 364 min.
U.S. 2001. Thriller by Yves Simoneau with Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Colm Feore. A discharged military man becomes the bodyguard of a federal judge involved in legal proceedings against senior military officers.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 2000. History by Yves Simoneau with Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox. In the aftermath of World War II, Nazi war criminals were put on trial at Nuremberg.
Runtime: 138 min.

Sursis: 36 heures

V.O.: 36 Hours to Die
Can. 1999. Crime drama by Yves Simoneau with Treat Williams, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek. A father fights against mafiosi who are taking over his microbrewery.
Can. 1998. Police comedy by Yves Simoneau with Marlon Brando, Charlie Sheen, Mira Sorvino. Two clueless young men, who have been forced to marry the twins of a tyrannical prison warden, plan a robbery to get away.

Intensity

V.O.: Dean Koontz's Intensity
Runtime: 186 min.
Runtime: 272
U.S. 1994. Biography by Yves Simoneau with Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Dern.
U.S. 1993. Thriller by Yves Simoneau with Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley. A malicious woman involves her sons in a plot to eliminate her husband's new girlfriend.
Runtime: 97 min.

Doute Cruel

V.O.: Cruel Doubt
U.S. 1992. Court drama by Yves Simoneau with Blythe Danner, Matt McGrath, Neal McDonough. A teenager is suspected of killing his stepfather and attempting to kill his mother to get his inheritance.
U.S. 1991. Crime drama by Yves Simoneau with Cybill Shepherd, John Laughlin, J.E. Freeman. In Memphis in 1957, three crooks kidnap the grandson of a rich black businessman.
U.S. 1991. Court drama by Yves Simoneau with Treat Williams, Arliss Howard, Rebecca Jenkins. A prosecutor takes on the case of an ex-cop who used the worst means to enrich himself.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Yves Simoneau with Michael Riley, Robbie Coltrane, Deborah Duchene. A humble cab driver who has inherited a large house brings home a client who dreams of running a restaurant for music lovers.
Runtime: 110 min.

In the Belly of the Dragon

V.O.: Dans le ventre du dragon
Can. 1988. Science-fiction by Yves Simoneau with Rémy Girard, David La Haye, Marie Tifo. Two flyer distributors go to the rescue of a young colleague who has unwisely subjected himself to medical experiments.
Runtime: 100 min.

Blind Trust

V.O.: Pouvoir intime
Can. 1986. Thriller by Yves Simoneau with Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Robert Gravel. The robbery of a security truck is set up with the help of many connivances, but the operation goes wrong.
Runtime: 85 min.

In the Shadow of the Wind

V.O.: Les Fous de Bassan
Can. 1986. Drama by Yves Simoneau with Steve Banner, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Charlotte Valandrey. A man recalls the tragic events that marked his return to his native village.
Runtime: 107 min.

Why Was the Strange Mr. Zolock So Interested in Comic Strips?

V.O.: Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?
Can. 1983. Documentary by Yves Simoneau with Jean-Louis Millette, Michel Rivard. A detective reports back to his client about an investigation he conducted with various comic book authors.
Runtime: 69 min.

Red Eyes

V.O.: Les Yeux rouges
Can. 1982. Crime drama by Yves Simoneau with Marie Tifo, Jean-Marie Lemieux, Pierre Curzi. In Quebec City, the police search for a murderer who preys on young women.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Yves Simoneau with Léo Munger, Normand Lévesque.
Runtime: 86 min.

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