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Wikipedia article
'The Novena' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Bernard mond and released in 2005."A film of amazing grace". 'Montreal Gazette', August 26, 2005.
An exploration of faith, the film centres on the interaction between Jeanne (lise Guilbault), an atheist doctor who is suffering from clinical depression and wants to commit suicide after one of her patients is murdered by an abusive husband, and Franois (Patrick Drolet), a young, deeply religious man who is fervently praying for a miracle to save his dying grandmother."Quebec impresses at annual TIFF". 'Sherbrooke Record', September 2, 2005. The film is the first in a trilogy inspired by the Catholic theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, which continued with 'Summit Circle (Contre toute esprance)' in 2007 and 'The Legacy (La Donation)' in 2009.[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bernard-emond "Bernard mond"]. 'The Canadian Encyclopedia', April 22, 2010.
Cast
* lise Guilbault as Jeanne
* Patrick Drolet as Franois
* Marie-Jose Bastien as Bnvole refuge
* Claude Binet as M. Tremblay
* Luc Bourgeois as Urgentologue
* Lise Castonguay as Thrse
* Richard Champagne as Agent de scurit
* Pierre Collin as Prtre confident
* Benot Dagenais as Docteur Langlais
* Stphane Demers as Mari de Lise
* Raoul Desmeules as Un aide
* Muriel Dutil as Mre de Jeanne
* Denise Gagnon as Grand-mre
* Amlie Grenier as Femme du refuge
* veline Glinas as Jeune mre qui tmoigne
* Paul Hbert as Prtre qui bnit
* Bonfield Marcoux as Cur du village
* Guillaume Meloche as Patient urgence
* Isabelle Pastena as Femme du refuge
* Micheline Poitras as Femme du refuge
* Lyne Riel as Femme du refuge
* Isabelle Roy as Lise
* Paul Savoie as Mari de Jeanne
* Michelle Sirois as Infirmire urgence (billed as Michle Sirois)
* Jean-Franois Sncal as Agent de scurit
* Diane Verreault as Ambulancier
* Ghislaine Vincent as Madame Filion
Accolades
It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005, where it won three awards including Best Actor for Drolet. In December 2005, it was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best films."Topping the list: Canada's cinematic achievements". 'National Post', December 14, 2005.
The film did not receive any Genie Award nominations, as its distributor deliberately chose not to submit the film at all."C.R.A.Z.Y. grabs 12 Genie nominations". 'Montreal Gazette', January 26, 2006. It received eight Prix Jutra nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (mond), Best Actor (Drolet), Best Actress (Guilbault), Best Screenplay (mond), Best Cinematography (Jean-Claude Labrecque), Best Editing (Louise Ct) and Best Music (Robert Marcel Lepage)."C.R.A.Z.Y. faces off against Maurice Richard with 14 nominations apiece". 'Montreal Gazette', February 8, 2006. Guilbault won the Jutra for Best Actress."Jutra judges wild about C.R.A.Z.Y.". 'Montreal Gazette', March 20, 2006.
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