André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in Bar Salon, Au clair de la lune, Une Historie inventée, Le Vent du Wyoming and The Countess of Baton Rouge,[1] blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary.[2][3]
André Forcier | |
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 André Forcier (2018) | |
| Born | Marc-André Forcier July 19, 1947 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse | Linda Pinet |
| Children | François Pinet-Forcier Renaud Pinet-Forcier |
He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film.
His wife, Linda Pinet, has been co-producer and co-writer of many of his films.[4] The two cofounded the independent film studio Les Films du Paria.[5] Pinet was solely a producer, not a co-writer, of his 2024 film Ababooned (Ababouiné), although the couple's sons, François Pinet-Forcier and Renaud Pinet-Forcier, were co-writers.[6]
Filmography
edit- 1966: La mort vue par...
- 1967: Chroniques Labradoriennes
- 1971: The Return of the Immaculate Conception (Le Retour de l'immaculé conception)
- 1974: Night Cap
- 1974: Bar Salon
- 1976: A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette)
- 1983: Au clair de la lune
- 1988: Kalamazoo
- 1990: An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée)
- 1994: The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming)
- 1998: The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
- 2004: Acapulco Gold
- 2005: The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert)
- 2009: Je me souviens
- 2011: Coteau Rouge
- 2016: Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)
- 2019: Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées)
- 2024: Ababooned (Ababouiné)[7]
Awards
editForcier won the Prix André-Guérin in 1990. In 2003, he won the prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in Quebec cinema.[8] In 2010, he received Canada's Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts[9] He has received six Genie Award nominations. In the 2018 Prix Iris, he was honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry.[10] In 2024, he was awarded the Prix Denis-Héroux Award at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.[11]
References
edit- ^ Dault, Gary Michael (1998). "Fables of Desire: André Forcier's La Comtesse de Baton Rouge". Take One: Film in Canada. 6 (18): 18–22.
- ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 0 7725 1505 0.
- ^ Conlogue, Ray (August 27, 1994). "Reality Doesn't Interest Me At All". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "André Forcier et Linda Pinet : se donner pour le cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, May 22, 2018.
- ^ Frédérique Brousseau, "Linda Pinet reste passionnée par les projets cinématographiques". Qui Fait Quoi, August 22, 2024.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival". Playback, July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Le dernier film d’André Forcier à Fantasia". La Presse, July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Forcier, André – Prix Albert-Tessier 2003". Prix du Québec.
- ^ "Archives". en.ggarts.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Levesque, François (1 March 2018). "Entretien avec le cinéaste André Forcier: trêve de nostalgie". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Foreman, Alison. "Fantasia Fest 2024 Announces Its Stellar Final Lineup with 'Ababouiné', 'In Our Blood', and More". Indiewire. Retrieved 21 August 2024.