The Mysterious Miss C. Explained

The Mysterious Miss C.
Native Name:
Director:Richard Ciupka
Producer:Jacques Bonin
Claude Veillet
Starring:Marie-Chantal Perron
Gildor Roy
Music:Audio Z
Gaëtan Gravel
Serge LaForest
Cinematography:Steve Danyluk
Editing:Jean-François Bergeron
Studio:Christal Films
Les Films Vision 4
Distributor:Chrisal Films
Runtime:108 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French
Gross:$816,407[1]

The Mysterious Miss C. (French: La mystérieuse Mademoiselle C.) is a Canadian children's fantasy-comedy film, directed by Richard Ciupka and released in 2002.[2] The film stars Marie-Chantal Perron as Mademoiselle Charlotte, a quirky supply teacher who transforms the lives of a struggling class of elementary students.[3] The film was adapted from the "Mlle. Charlotte" series of children's novels by Dominique Demers.[3] The film was the sixth highest-grossing Canadian film of 2002.[4]

Demers received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 23rd Genie Awards.[5] Perron received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress, and Jean-François Bergeron was nominated for Best Editing, at the 5th Jutra Awards.[6]

A sequel film, The Incomparable Miss C. (L'incomparable Mademoiselle C.), was released in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Variety. Limited-release winners at the B.O.. A14. July 29, 2002.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C., La – Film de Richard Ciupka". Films du Québec, February 2, 2009.
  3. Juliette Ruer, "La Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C. : Les enfants sages". Voir, March 27, 2002.
  4. [Wyndham Wise]
  5. http://playbackonline.ca/2002/12/19/noms-20021219/ "2003 Genie Awards nominees"
  6. John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003.