Duo (2006 film)

Duo
Directed by	Richard Ciupka
Written by	Sylvie Desrosiers Sylvie Pilon
Produced by	Jacques Bonin Claude Veillet
Starring	Anick Lemay François Massicotte Serge Postigo
Cinematography	Bernard Couture
Edited by	Arthur Tarnowski
Music by	Robert Marchand
Production company	Les Films Vision 4
Distributed by	Christal Films
Release date	June 16, 2006 (2006-06-16)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

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

External links

• Duo at IMDb