François Bouvier Explained

François Bouvier is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec.^[1]

He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles), and for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver).^[2] He also received two Jutra Award nominations for Winter Stories at the 2nd Jutra Awards, for Best Director and Best Screenplay.^[3]

Filmography

• Jacques and November (Jacques et novembre) - 1984^[1]
• Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) - 1989^[4]
• Les Pots cassés - 1993^[5]
• Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) - 1999^[6]
• Maman Last Call - 2005^[7]
• Paul à Québec - 2015^[8]
• La Bolduc - 2018^[9]
• Victoire (La Cordonnière) - 2023^[10]

Notes and References

1. "A paradoxical people put on quite the show". The Globe and Mail, June 15, 1985.
2. "Genie award nominations". Toronto Star, December 8, 1999.
3. Brendan Kelly, "Jutras go art-house: Auteur films pile up nominations for Quebec awards". Montreal Gazette, January 27, 2000.
4. "Arcand's Jesus leads Genie race". Toronto Star, February 14, 1990.
5. "Six films set for Moscow". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 1993.
6. "A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66- '67 hockey season". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1999.
7. "A blessed event, after all". Montreal Gazette, February 11, 2005.
8. "Matters of life and death; Paul a Quebec, the beloved bande dessinee, comes alive on the big screen with a portrait of a family touched by cancer". Montreal Gazette, September 18, 2016.
9. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2018/04/13/la-bolduc-was-a-singing-star-in-1930s-quebec-a-new-movie-has-put-her-back-in-the-spotlight.html "La Bolduc was a singing star in 1930s Quebec. A new movie has put her back in the spotlight"
10. Maxime Demers, "Critique de «La cordonnière»: un film réussi sur le plan technique, mais...". Le Journal de Montréal, March 16, 2023.