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The Little Queen
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'The Little Queen' is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and released in 2014.T'cha Dunlevy, "Behind the shame; La petite reine is inspired by Quebec cyclist Genevieve Jeanson, who admitted taking performance-enhancing substances for years". 'Montreal Gazette', June 13, 2014. Based on the true story of cyclist Genevive Jeanson, whose career as a professional cyclist was derailed by a doping scandal, the film stars Laurence Leboeuf as Julie Arseneau, a cyclist who is caught doping just a few races short of the championship race, and Patrice Robitaille as her coach.
The film premiered theatrically in June 2014.
The film received four Prix Jutra nominations at the 17th Jutra Awards, for Best Actor (Robitaille), Best Actress (Leboeuf), Best Sound (Mario Auclair, Stphane Bergeron, Marcel Pothier and Christian Rivest) and Best Editing (Louis-Philippe Rath)."Prix Jutra: Mommy de Xavier Dolan l'honneur avec dix nominations". Canadian Press, January 26, 2015.
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