André Forcier

Canadian film director and screenwriter

André Forcier
André Forcier (2018)
Born	Marc-André Forcier (1947-07-19) July 19, 1947 (age 76) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1971–present

André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in Bar Salon, Au clair de la lune, Une Historie inventée, Le Vent du Wyoming and The Countess of Baton Rouge,^[1] blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary.^[2]^[3]

He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film.

Filmography

1966: La mort vue par...
1967: Chroniques Labradoriennes
1971: The Return of the Immaculate Conception (Le Retour de l'immaculé conception)
1974: Night Cap
1974: Bar Salon
1976: A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette)
1983: Au clair de la lune
1988: Kalamazoo
1990: An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée)
1994: The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming)
1998: The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
2004: Acapulco Gold
2005: The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert)
2009: Je me souviens
2011: Coteau Rouge
2016: Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)
2019: Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées)
2024: Ababouiné^[4]

Awards

Forcier won the Prix André-Guérin in 1990. In 2003, he won the prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in Quebec cinema.^[5] In 2010, he received Canada's Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts^[6] He has received six Genie Award nominations. In the 2018 Prix Iris, he was honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry.^[7]

References

^ Dault, Gary Michael (1998). "Fables of Desire: André Forcier's La Comtesse de Baton Rouge". Take One: Film in Canada. 6 (18): 18–22.
^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 0 7725 1505 0.
^ Conlogue, Ray (August 27, 1994). "Reality Doesn't Interest Me At All". The Globe and Mail.
^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "André Forcier tourne « Ababouiné »". Films du Québec, July 18, 2023.
^ "Forcier, André – Prix Albert-Tessier 2003". Prix du Québec.
^ "Archives". en.ggarts.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ Levesque, François (1 March 2018). "Entretien avec le cinéaste André Forcier: trêve de nostalgie". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 March 2018.