Denys Arcand
The most internationally successful filmmaker to emerge from Quebec, Canadian writer-director Denys Arcand transitioned from activist documentarian to insightful observer of the human condition with several acclaimed feature films. Arcand first gained notice while employed at Canada's National Film Board when his politically sensitive textile industry exposé "On est au cotton" ("Cotton Mill") (1970) was deemed by the organization to be too volatile to be released for several years. He ventured into dramatic storytelling with his first feature film, the crime drama "La maudite galette" ("The Damned Cake") (1972) and ultimately found his thematic footing with the lauded societal character study "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986). Although English language efforts like "Love and Human Remains" (1993) and "Stardom" (2000) met with mixed to negative results, respectively, "Les Invasions barbares" ("The Barbarian Invasions") (2003) won Arcand the Best Foreign Language Oscar he had been flirting with since "American Empire." Branded an unrepentant pessimist by some, while heralded as a perceptive social commentator by many others, all agreed that Arcand was a talented filmmaker with something to say, not merely about his native Quebec, but about the world at large.
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Denys Arcand
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Au boute du rien pantoute | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fog in February | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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Testament |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Old Age and Hope | Self | - | 2019 |
60% |
|
The Fall of the American Empire |
Director, Screenwriter |
$2.9M | 2018 |
20% |
|
An Eye for Beauty |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2014 |
20% |
|
Days of Darkness |
Director, Writer |
- | 2007 |
81% |
|
The Barbarian Invasions |
Director, Writer |
$3.4M | 2003 |
42% |
|
Stardom |
Director, Writer |
$10.6K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joyeux calvaire | Director | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poverty and Other Delights | Director | - | 1996 |
71% |
|
Love and Human Remains | Director | $28.3K | 1993 |
90% |
|
Léolo | Director (Character) | $547.3K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montreal Vu Par |
Self, Director |
- | 1991 |
69% |
|
Jesus of Montreal |
The Judge (uncredited) (Character), Director |
$20.4K | 1989 |
86% |
|
The Decline of the American Empire |
Director, Screenwriter |
$252.7K | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Comfort and Indifference | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gina | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Head of Normande St. Onge | Jean-Paul (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stone Cold Revenge | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
|
Réjeanne Padovani |
Director, Screenwriter, Film Editing |
- | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On n'engraisse pas les cochons à l'eau claire | Rocket (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Québec: Duplessis and After |
Director, Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirty Money (La Maudite Galette) |
Detective (Character), Director |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mon oeil | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On est au coton |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alone or With Others |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1962 |