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Pandora's Beauty
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'Pandora's Beauty' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Charles Binam and released in 2000.[http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/beaute-de-pandore-charles-biname/ "Beaut de Pandore, La Film de Charles Binam"]. 'Films du Qubec', December 27, 2008. The film stars Jean-Franois Casabonne as Vincent, a man whose unhappy marriage to Ariane (Maude Gurin) leads him to have an extramarital affair with Pandora (Pascale Bussires), only to witness his life falling apart after Pandora reveals that she is HIV-positive.[https://voir.ca/cinema/2000/02/17/la-beaute-de-pandore-femme-fatale/ "La Beaut de Pandore : Femme fatale"]. 'Voir', February 17, 2000.
The cast also includes Annie Dufresne, Pascale Montpetit, Annick Bergeron, Diane Lavalle and James Hyndman.
The film was shot in 1999 in and around Montreal, Quebec, with a small amount of location filming at Lake Powell in Arizona."Beautiful partnership: La Beaute de Pandore fifth collaboration for Biname, Richard". 'Montreal Gazette', June 28, 1999. It premiered on February 17, 2000 at the Rendez-vous du cinma qubcois."Two solitudes, one busy lady". 'The Globe and Mail', February 17, 2000.
Bergeron received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Genie Awards."Maelstrom up for 10 Genies". 'Waterloo Region Record', December 13, 2000. The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Gurin) and Best Original Music (Ned Bouhalassa, Franois Bruneau and Jean-Marc Pisapia)."Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". 'Montreal Gazette', January 24, 2001.
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