Jacques Languirand

Jacques Languirand

Born: May 1, 1931
Died: January 26, 2018
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Movies for Jacques Languirand...

Mars and April
Title: Mars and April
Character: Jacob Obus
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.
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Feedback
Title: Feedback
Character: Self
Released: April 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Even death is in movement, since the soul is going someplace else. A short film inspired by Jacques Languirand's philosophic work.
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Title: Manifestes en série
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 2008
Type: TV
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Alice's Odyssey
Title: Alice's Odyssey
Character: Père Noël
Released: June 28, 2002
Type: Movie
After reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and enters her own fairytale.
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Heads or Tails
Title: Heads or Tails
Character: Igor de Lonsdale
Released: March 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.
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A Hero's Life
Title: A Hero's Life
Released: August 25, 1994
Type: Movie
A Canadian couple reunites with the German POW they befriended during World War II.
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Kid Sentiment
Title: Kid Sentiment
Released: March 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Between fiction and documentary, Jacques Godbout's feature film takes a critical look at the Quebecois youth of the 1960s. Kid Sentiment, it is the adolescent who says no to tenderness because it is embarrassing. On the theme of amorous initiation, the camera becomes a witness of this lucid youth, funny, friendly to noise and eccentricity. Made with the participation of two members of the yeye singers group, the Sinners.