Claude Préfontaine

Claude Préfontaine

Born: January 24, 1933
Died: January 5, 2013

Movies for Claude Préfontaine...

Battlefield Quebec: Wolfe & Montcalm
Title: Battlefield Quebec: Wolfe & Montcalm
Character: Philippe de Vaudreuil
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary about the 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, part of the Seven Years War between Britain and France. Both leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, died in the battle, which decided control over what would become Canada. Includes re-enactments of the battle and the personalities of the two commanders. For two months Montcalm and Quebec City endured English bombardments. However, in what the documentary describes as an exceptionally well planned operation during the night of September 12th, Wolfe got 4500 men and two cannons up L’Anse-au-Foulon cliffs to the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm, who never commanded an army before being posted to New France, chose to leave the city walls and try to fight a linear battle against a better trained army.
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Title: Shooting Stars
Character: André Préfontaine
Released: January 11, 2007
Type: TV
"Les étoiles filantes" is the story of two friends in their late thirties whose lives have taken very different paths. Twenty years after their band broke up and all dreams of that elusive recording contract had faded away, the two men meet up once again. They now live in very different worlds, worlds that are destined to clash from the moment that the incorrigible, free-spirited Daniel turns up on Jacques the math teacher’s doorstep. Daniel calmly tells his old friend that he has only six months left to live. The nomad parks his trailer in Jacques’ yard and proceeds to carve himself a place in the household’s well organized routine. However, he mischievously makes the most of every opportunity to shake up the family’s tidy world. This series tells a tale of friendship – albeit a frequently strained one – where values of stability and freedom humorously polarize and keep us smiling throughout.
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Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire
Title: Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire
Released: December 21, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Napoleon
Character: Jacques-Louis David
Released: October 7, 2002
Type: TV
A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe, then his fall, and exile.
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Savage Messiah
Title: Savage Messiah
Character: Marie-Claude's Father
Released: April 26, 2002
Type: Movie
As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse.
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The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Title: The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Character: Artist's agent
Released: March 27, 1997
Type: Movie
A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.
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Black Robe
Title: Black Robe
Character: Old Priest
Released: October 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.
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Des fleurs sur la neige
Title: Des fleurs sur la neige
Character: Juge de l'aide sociale
Released: March 7, 1991
Type: Movie
Beaten and live an unimaginably difficult childhood, Elisa Trudel and her sister Madeline Trudel still have hope in their heart. Beaten both by their heartless mother. Their mother that this remarried with another man after their father died of a heart attack. Day after day, Elisa and Madeline overcomes the challenges and they discovers the key to be happy, is love. Based on a true story happened in the 70s.
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Title: Chambres en ville
Character: Père d'Alexandra Capuano
Released: September 7, 1989
Type: TV
This serial portrays the lives of young people in a student residence. Louise, who owns the house, has had to play every role imaginable, including mother, nurse, confidant, psychologist and probation officer. With their affection for Louise, it's no wonder they come back every year. Some manage to stand on their own two feet, but Louise is always there for them.
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The Razor's Edge
Title: The Razor's Edge
Character: Elie
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: Movie
Samar, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television. Karim, an artist in retreat from life, remains in his apartment in war-torn West Beirut, confident that he is safe in his familiar neighborhood. An unlikely bond is formed between the two as they face the devastating civil war.
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Title: Poivre et sel
Character: Robert Décarie, Gérant de crédit
Released: September 12, 1983
Type: TV
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The True Nature of Bernadette
Title: The True Nature of Bernadette
Character: Enquêteur au service du bien-être sociale (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Bernadette has a yen to chuck it all and go back to nature, in this French-language Canadian film. That's just what she does after carefully leaving her wedding ring where her affluent husband, a lawyer, can see it. She has bought a farm, complete with a run-down farmhouse and a live-in cranky old man. Soon, because of the wonderful effects that her sympathy and her outsider's perspective have, her neighbors perceive great improvements in their lives. They attribute these changes to something miraculous (perhaps taking a cue from her name), and hordes of needy people descend on her farm.
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Le savoir-faire s'impose: 2e partie
Title: Le savoir-faire s'impose: 2e partie
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Valérie
Title: Valérie
Character: Le riche playboy
Released: May 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Valerie leaves behind her life at a convent for the wild side of life. Getting a job as a topless dancer, Valerie quickly graduates to becoming a high-class hooker. After amassing a small fortune, she falls in love with an artist, a man who is more-than-willing to overlook Valerie's sordid past.
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Title: Rue des Pignons
Character: Dr Marchessault
Released: September 6, 1966
Type: TV
Rue des Pignons was a French-Canadian TV series which ran from 1966 to 1977. Radio-Canada has reportedly lost most of the episodes of the series, only managing to trace about 35 of the 427 episodes from 1966 to 1977. The program's theme song was composed and recorded by Pierre Brabant who also played much of the show's background music.
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YUL 871
Title: YUL 871
Released: July 30, 1966
Type: Movie
An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents displaced by World War II, and partly because of the prevailing restlessness of the age.