A Sense of Humour (French: Le Sens de l'humour) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011.[1] The film stars Louis-José Houde and Benoît Brière as Luc Dubé and Marco Fortier, two stand-up comedians who are kidnapped by Roger Gendron (Michel Côté) after making fun of him in a comedy show, and must protect themselves from his revenge by teaching him the art of comedy.[2]

A Sense of Humour
Film poster
FrenchLe Sens de l'humour
Directed byÉmile Gaudreault
Written byÉmile Gaudreault
Benoît Pelletier
Produced byDaniel Louis
Denise Robert
StarringLouis-José Houde
Benoît Brière
Michel Côté
CinematographyBernard Couture
Edited byJean-François Bergeron
Music byFM Le Sieur
Production
company
Cinémaginaire
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • July 8, 2011 (2011-07-08)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sonia Vachon, Pierrette Robitaille, Alexandre Goyette and Pierre Collin.

The film opened in theatres in July 2011.[3]

The film received four Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Supporting Actress (Vachon), Best Cinematography (Bernard Couture), Best Editing (Jean-François Bergeron) and Best Original Music (FM Le Sieur).[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sens de l’humour, Le – Film d’Émile Gaudreault". Films du Québec, June 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Manon Dumais, "Le sens de l’humour / Émile Gaudreault, Michel Côté et Louis-José Houde : De l’humour et des restes humains". Voir, June 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Brendan Kelly, "And now for his next trick; Emile Gaudreault is the wizard behind many top Quebec comedies, and his next film looks like another hit". Montreal Gazette, July 5, 2011.
  4. ^ Marc Cassivi, "Monsieur Lazhar en tête d'une liste étrange". La Presse, February 1, 2012.

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