Duo (2006 film)

Duo
Directed byRichard Ciupka
Written by
Produced by
  • Jacques Bonin
  • Claude Veillet
Starring
CinematographyBernard Couture
Edited byArthur Tarnowski
Music byRobert Marchand
Production
company
Distributed byChristal Films
Release date
  • 16 June 2006 (2006-06-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Duo is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Richard Ciupka and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Anick Lemay as Pascale Lachance, a musical agent who is blindsided when her fiancé and star client Lewis Carl (Tim Rozon) betrays her. Setting on the idea of luring legendary singer-songwriter Francis Roy (Serge Postigo) out of retirement, she discovers that rival agent Jules Simard (François Massicotte) has the same idea, only for the two rivals to fall in love with each other as they compete for Roy's contract.[2]

The cast also includes Gildor Roy, Julie McClemens, Sandrine Bisson, Amélie Grenier and Mario Morin. The film's soundtrack includes several songs by Quebec rock singer Stefie Shock.[2]

The film opened in theatres on 16 July 2006.[3] The film was not favourably received by film critics or audiences.[1]

Arthur Tarnowski received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Editing at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Duo – Film de Richard Ciupka". Films du Québec, 30 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b André Lavoie, "Le plus petit dénominateur commun...". Le Devoir, 16 June 2006.
  3. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Local filmmakers tell sad tale". Montreal Gazette, 22 May 2006.
  4. ^ Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, 23 January 2007.