Starring in the movie are raymond bouchard, benoit briere, david boutin and lucie laurier. Marielamauderne is a tiny fishing village in what some may call the middle of nowhere. Dec 03, 2016 sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Congratulations, and a big thank you to everybody who participated. David boutin, lucie laurier, raymond bouchard, dominik michondagenais, guydaniel tremblay, nadia drouin, rita lafontaine, roc. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The grand seduction official trailer 1 2014 hd duration. The film stars taylor kitsch, brendan gleeson, liane balaban and gordon pinsent. I loved it and havent forgotten it as another viewer noted, it is in the spirit of waking ned devine.
When unlikely candidate and big city doctor paul lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. Be sure to take a look at the sentences you submitted. There are both french and english subtitles on the dvd. Lewis is a delightful film that is a joy on many levels. Though harmless and amusing, this quebecois comedy set in an impoverished fishing village is a bit too festooned with provincial humor and a bit too short on memorable perfs or feelgood climaxes to break out commercially beyond frenchspeaking canadian territories. Aug 30, 2014 the grand seduction dont be fooled by the title of this limp comedy remake. We saw this movie in quebec when it came out, as my husband is quebecois. Charming quebecois film that i thank the toronto public library for stocking. Cabbie as well as the hit animated film snowtime most recently, he directed the feature films les 3 ptits cochons 2 and votez bougon. Its reel canadas annual celebration of great canadian film, as they say, to. All in all, seducing doctor lewis is the seductive little film it sets out to be, nearly mustering a charm equal to waking ned divine.
The grand seduction cant quite live up to the classic dramedies it seems to consciously evoke, but ambles sweetly enough to charm viewers in its own right. As the doctors time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor murray french has no choice but to pull out all the stops. This is one of those films which reminds viewers that the medium can be smart and very, very funny at the same time. Quebecois translation english french dictionary reverso. Le septieme 1 les metiers du septieme art quebecois.
Mar 26, 2004 this is one of those films which reminds viewers that the medium can be smart and very, very funny at the same time. It won the audience award at 2004 sundance film festival. The grand seduction dont be fooled by the title of this. Marielamauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up fulltime residency on the island. Scott also wrote last years terrific delivery man with vince vaughn. To be honest i dont think i have laughed out loud so many times in a film in a long time with the laughs bittersweet with a real emotional weight behind most of them. A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. The grand seduction is a 20 canadian comedy film directed by don mckellar and written by ken scott and michael dowse. This is a list of films produced and coproduced in quebec, canada ordered by year of release.
Also the remake has better scenery shots, i gather, as it was shot in. In the little harbour village of stmarielamauderne, the oncebountiful fish stocks are depleted. Although the majority of quebec films are produced in french due to quebecs predominantly french canadian population, a number of english language films are also produced in the province. The grand seduction dont be fooled by the title of this limp comedy remake. A muchneeded boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village st. With david boutin, lucie laurier, raymond bouchard, dominik michondagenais. The sentences you submitted to participate in the contest are all full quebecois. Youll enjoy spending a little time with these people, as the film performs a lowkey but irresistible seduction of its own. Heres a selection of the sentences you submitted, with some minor changes.