La Bolduc (2018)

Directed by

François Bouvier

Genre

biographical film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biopic about a Quebec folk singer named La Bolduc. It follows her life and career. The movie shows her rise to fame in the early 20th century.

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What happens

La Bolduc is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Bouvier and released in 2018. A biopic of Quebec folk singer La Bolduc, the film stars Debbie Lynch-White in the title role. The film also stars Émile Proulx-Cloutier as Bolduc's husband Édouard, Bianca Gervais as her friend Juliette Newton and Mylène Mackay as activist and politician Thérèse Casgrain, as well as Yan England, Serge Postigo, Germain Houde, Jean Beaudry and Paul Doucet. The film premiered at the Festival du film de l'Outaouais on March 23, 2018, before going into general release across Quebec on April 6. It topped the provincial box office in its opening weekend, and finished 2018 as the year's second highest grossing Canadian film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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