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Tadpole and the Whale
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'Tadpole and the Whale' is a Canadian children's fantasy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1988 as part of the Tales for All series."Demers film Tadpole wins a Golden Reel as box-office champ". 'Montreal Gazette', March 14, 1989.
The film stars Fanny Lauzier as Daphn, a young girl living in Mingan, Quebec who has developed the ability to breathe underwater, and who has befriended the dolphins and the whales living near the town in the Gulf of St. Lawrence."Quebec moppet makes film debut". 'Vancouver Sun', July 5, 1988. The film's cast also includes Denis Forest, Marina Orsini, Flix-Antoine Leroux, Jean Lajeunesse, Lise Thouin, Louise Richer, Thomas Donohue, Roland Laroche, Pierre-Olivier Gagnon, Jean-Pierre Leduc, Jean Lafontaine, Jean Lemire, Andr Doyle, Claude Gris and Alie Lavoie Gray.
The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Thomas Burstyn) and Best Original Song for "We Are One (Sous la mer)" (Normand Dub, Guy Trpanier and Nathalie Carson).Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations Dead Ringers tops Genie list". 'The Globe and Mail', February 14, 1989. It also won the Golden Reel Award as the year's top-grossing Canadian film with a gross of C$1.79 million just from Quebec, before it had even opened in English Canada.
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