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La Florida (film)
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Wikipedia article
'La Florida' is a Quebec comedy film, released in 1993.Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 79. The film was directed by George Mihalka, and written by Suzette Couture and Pierre Sarrazin.
Synopsis
The film stars Rmy Girard and Pauline Lapointe as Lo and Ginette Lesprance, a married couple who, after facing one too many Montreal winters, move their family to Fort Lauderdale, where they buy a motel catering to "snowbirds". However, their new business runs afoul of "Big Daddy" (Raymond Bouchard), an established motel operator and local crime boss, who makes it his mission to drive the Lesprances out of business.Rob Salem, "La Florida's plot twists like a snowbird in flight". 'Toronto Star', January 28, 1994.
The Lesprances may, however, have an ally in Jay Lamori (Jason Blicker), a local businessman of uncertain motives who may or may not be what he seems.
Award nominations
The film received eight Genie Award nominations at the 14th Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Girard), Best Actress (Lapointe), Best Supporting Actor (Yvan Canuel), Best Screenplay (Couture, Sarrazin), Best Overall Sound (Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Douglas Ganton, David Appleby) and Best Sound Editing (Marc Chiasson, Terry Burke, Jane Tattersall, Sean Kelly, Drew King, Tony Currie, Diane Boucher).Craig MacInnis, "Does anyone dream of Genie?". 'Toronto Star', December 11, 1993.
The film did not win any of the awards. It was, however, given the Golden Reel Award as the top-grossing Canadian film of the year with a gross of C$1.6 million.
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