Louise Portal

Louise Portal

Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film The Decline of the American Empire, and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol (Not Me!). Her other film roles have included Full Blast, Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché), The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq), The Happiness of Others (Le Bonheur des autres), Adrien (Le Garagiste), Paul à Québec, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines), Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Cordélia. Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress. Source: Article "Louise Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 1.127
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1950-05-12
  • Place of Birth : Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
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Louise Portal Movies

  • 2006
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    Heading South

    Heading South

    5.5 2006 HD

    A story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the young men.

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  • 2003
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    The Barbarian Invasions

    The Barbarian Invasions

    7.056 2003 HD

    In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver...

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  • 2021
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    F*ckin' Coffin!

    F*ckin' Coffin!

    6.667 2021 HD

    May 20, 1980. After his father's passing, Raymond Tremblay, tax investigator, begins to suspect the funeral home of fraudulent activities....

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  • 2009
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    A Happy Man

    A Happy Man

    4.5 2009 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    6.772 1986 HD

    Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual),...

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  • 2009
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    Angel at Sea

    Angel at Sea

    5.3 2009 HD

    Louis is a twelve year old boy who lives with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco. Louis is very happy until the day his father shares...

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  • 1989
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    My Best Pals

    My Best Pals

    6.5 1989 HD

    They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This...

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  • 2011
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    The Happiness of Others

    The Happiness of Others

    6 2011 HD

    Twenty years before the events in the film's story, Jean-Pierre left his wife, Louise. At that moment, Marion and Sylvie, Jean-Pierre's two children,...

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  • 2002
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    Séraphin: Heart of Stone

    Séraphin: Heart of Stone

    6 2002 HD

    The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near...

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  • 2000
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    Saint Jude

    Saint Jude

    1 2000 HD

    Teen-aged sisters Jude and Maureen, living with their volatile father in Montréal, live a life of substance abuse, hustling and petty theft....

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  • 1974
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    The Klutz

    The Klutz

    6 1974 HD

    Have you ever had "one of those days" when nothing seems to go right? Well, imagine how Claude feels-his entire life has been one screwy day after...

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  • 1996
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    Not Me!

    Not Me!

    1 1996 HD

    In this Canadian psychological drama a repressed young man struggles with his phobia of sex. It began when he was a sensitive 11-year old awakened in...

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  • 2002
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    Dangerous People

    Dangerous People

    3.3 2002 HD

    It has kidnapped Roxane Labelle, a Canadian singer covered gold records and awards. To his captors, no question of release without payment of a large...

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  • 2000
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    The Orphan Muses

    The Orphan Muses

    5.8 2000 HD

    Haunted by the death of their father and the disappearance of their mother, four children, three girls and a boy, take refuge in an ideal and...

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  • 1984
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    Wild Animals

    Wild Animals

    4.6 1984 HD

    Berg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and reclusive, Berg becomes a nighttime security guard where...

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  • 1999
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    The Big Snake of the World

    The Big Snake of the World

    5 1999 HD

    This feature drama tells the story of Tom Paradise, a young 40-something refusing to grow up. Behind the wheel of his bus, he drives endlessly...

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  • 2017
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    L'érotisme et le vieil âge

    L'érotisme et le vieil âge

    1 2017 HD

    The director deals with the subject of the sexuality of older people, an often taboo subject. The actress Louise Portal and her partner Jacques...

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  • 2014
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    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.2 2014 HD

    A woman travels from the big city to the countryside. The locals are suspicious.

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  • 2024
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    Le grand vide

    Le grand vide

    1 2024 HD

    Elliot, a retired alcoholic, embarks on a desperate quest to find his son who has been missing for two decades. During his trip to French America he...

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  • 1972
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    Dream Life

    Dream Life

    4 1972 HD

    Two twenty-something women dream of the ideal man and slowly realize that reality is very different from their fantasies.

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  • 2015
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    Adrien

    Adrien

    5.6 2015 HD

    Is having control of our life a right? Are living and dying freedoms, duties or responsibilities? How should we love? How should we live? How should...

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  • 2015
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    Paul à Québec

    Paul à Québec

    6.7 2015 HD

    In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently...

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  • 1980
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    Cordélia

    Cordélia

    6.8 1980 HD

    In a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking' villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of...

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  • 1973
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    Taureau

    Taureau

    5.2 1973 HD

    A family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the intolerance of the other villagers when the mentally-challenged...

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  • 1979
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    A Scream from Silence

    A Scream from Silence

    5.7 1979 HD

    A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the...

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  • 1982
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    Larose, Pierrot et la Luce

    Larose, Pierrot et la Luce

    1 1982 HD

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  • 2017
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    Nous sommes le Freak show

    Nous sommes le Freak show

    1 2017 HD

    A bingo game. An allegorical, wild and humorous portrait. An hommage to eccentricity and entertainment, to those things that remain unchanged.

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  • 1987
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    Tinamer

    Tinamer

    4 1987 HD

    Tinamer is 27 years old when her mother dies. The funeral of this last one makes her relive certain events of her childhood which marked her forever.

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  • 1999
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    Full Blast

    Full Blast

    4.6 1999 HD

    A strike at a sawmill in a small Canadian town puts Steph and Piston out of work. They want to resurrect their band but Marie-Lou, Piston's ex-wife...

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  • 1993
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    Bye Bye Love

    Bye Bye Love

    4 1993 HD

    Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling...

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  • 2006
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    From My Window, Without a Home

    From My Window, Without a Home

    6 2006 HD

    After abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana cuts every link to her Lebanese ties and never looks...

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  • 2018
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    The Natural Sweetness of Skin

    The Natural Sweetness of Skin

    6.2 2018 HD

    Revealing women, showing men Dermatology professor Marie-Claire is embarking on a new project linking skin cells and sexuality, when unexpected...

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  • 2018
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    Everything outside

    Everything outside

    1 2018 HD

    When circumstances conspire to leave Louise, an established Quebec painter, and Ahmed, an aspiring Lebanese-Canadian actor, sharing a remote lake...

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  • 2019
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    And the Birds Rained Down

    And the Birds Rained Down

    7.3 2019 HD

    A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the...

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  • 2021
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    The Guide to the Perfect Family

    The Guide to the Perfect Family

    6.5 2021 HD

    A couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a society obsessed with success and social media...

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  • 2022
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    Confessions of a Hitman

    Confessions of a Hitman

    6.4 2022 HD

    A paid assassin working for the biker gangs of Quebec outsmarts both the police and the underworld for decades, committing 28 hits over 25 years.

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  • 1979
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    Angel Life

    Angel Life

    1 1979 HD

    Two strangers have a fateful one-night stand in Montréal.

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  • 2019
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    Roseline like in the movies

    Roseline like in the movies

    1 2019 HD

    Roseline is a renowned actress with an impressive career. After a lifetime on camera, she gets ready to play her greatest role yet. Fiction and...

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  • 2016
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    L'odeur après la pluie

    L'odeur après la pluie

    1 2016 HD

    Claire, a recently retired widow, shares her suburban house with her sister Gisele. On a scorching summer day, Julien an old flame, shows up...

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  • 1974
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    Les beaux dimanches

    Les beaux dimanches

    6.3 1974 HD

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  • 2012
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    Le Chevreuil

    Le Chevreuil

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Five of Us

    The Five of Us

    6.2 2004 HD

    In Montreal, the teenagers Manon, Anne, Isa, Claudie and Sophie are friends since their childhood. While spending a couple of days in the cottage of...

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  • 2002
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    Alice's Odyssey

    Alice's Odyssey

    5.1 2002 HD

    After reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and enters her own fairytale.

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  • 2010
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    Lance et compte

    Lance et compte

    3.4 2010 HD

    After an hockey game in Lac St-Jean, the National climbs into their bus and begins the long ride from Roberval to Quebec City. On one of the sharp...

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  • 2021
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    The Cold

    The Cold

    1 2021 HD

    Unable to accept the death of her husband, a woman keeps him secretly in their apartment. Helped by the cold, she tries to keep the corpse preserved...

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  • 1999
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    Memories Unlocked

    Memories Unlocked

    6.2 1999 HD

    In this French Canadian drama, the life of a paraplegic painter implodes when an old girlfriend comes back into his life and accuses him of raping...

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  • 2021
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    The Mother Eagle

    The Mother Eagle

    1 2021 HD

    After learning of her convent's closure, a nun prays to Marie of the Incarnation and receives an answer in person.

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  • 1970
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    Le jour où le dromadaire est parti

    Le jour où le dromadaire est parti

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2024
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    A Christmas Storm

    A Christmas Storm

    1 2024 HD

    The preparations for the Christmas holidays turn into a nightmare for a mother of three children of whom she shares custody with her ex-husband.

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  • 2018
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    Cette année-là

    Cette année-là

    1 2018 HD

    A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Savard. Each week, based...

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  • 2020
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    Benezra reçoit

    Benezra reçoit

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2010
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    Prozac

    Prozac

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2020
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    La semaine des 4 Julie

    La semaine des 4 Julie

    2 2020 HD

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  • 2013
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    En mode Salvail

    En mode Salvail

    2 2013 HD

    What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and...

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  • 2014
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    Ménage à trois

    Ménage à trois

    1 2014 HD

    Annie-Soleil Proteau and Patrick Langlois spend an hour with a beloved and well-known figure to find out as much about them as possible and discover...

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  • 2014
    imgS3 E10

    Les Beaux Malaises

    Les Beaux Malaises

    8 2014 HD

    Fictional series based on the life (and starring) Martin Matte, a comedian and popular figure in PQ, Canada. It tells the story of the awkward but...

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  • 2007
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    Destinées

    Destinées

    0.5 2007 HD

    Destinées revolves around clinique Jouvence, a cosmetics and health clinic offering a variety of treatments ranging from massage to cosmetic...

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  • 2004
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    H2O

    H2O

    9 2004 HD

    H2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television October 31, 2004. It starred Paul Gross and Leslie Hope,...

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  • 2013
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    L'appart du 5e

    L'appart du 5e

    9 2013 HD

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  • 2017
    imgS2 E10

    Cheval-Serpent

    Cheval-Serpent

    7 2017 HD

    The Cheval-Serpent is a male strip club with a sulphurous reputation whose success cannot be denied thanks to the work and vigilance of its owner and...

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  • 2016
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    Les échangistes

    Les échangistes

    1 2016 HD

    Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical...

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  • 2010
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    Les enfants de la télé

    Les enfants de la télé

    6.5 2010 HD

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  • 2018
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    L'heure est grave

    L'heure est grave

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2006
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    La petite séduction

    La petite séduction

    2 2006 HD

    Dany Turcotte invites celebrities to discover a small rural towns in unexpected and surprising ways. Events are carefully planned cater to the...

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  • 2019
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    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    Bonsoir bonsoir!

    4 2019 HD

    Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but...

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  • 2014
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    Viens-tu faire un tour?

    Viens-tu faire un tour?

    1 2014 HD

    Michel Barrette hits the road with public figures. Every drive is the perfect opportunity to share a moment, a chat and a trip down memory lane. For...

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  • 2005
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    Nos étés

    Nos étés

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2002
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    Viens voir les comédiens

    Viens voir les comédiens

    1 2002 HD

    Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.

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  • 1978
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    Terre humaine

    Terre humaine

    1 1978 HD

    Terre humaine is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez-Morisset which originally aired between September 1978 and March 1984....

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 2017
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    Y'a du monde à messe

    Y'a du monde à messe

    7.5 2017 HD

    Public figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would seem to have little in common. However, something does...

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  • 2018
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    1res fois

    1res fois

    9 2018 HD

    Two Quebec personalities candidly discuss the “firsts” that have marked their professional lives and shaped who they are both on and off...

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  • 1998
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    La fureur

    La fureur

    8 1998 HD

    A musical game show opposing two gender-segregated teams of celebrities.

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  • 2009
    imgS4 E14

    La liste

    La liste

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2006
    imgS2 E10

    Casino

    Casino

    8 2006 HD

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  • 2019
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    On va se le dire

    On va se le dire

    2 2019 HD

    Host Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's going on in the world. At the rate things are...

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