Louise Portal
Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film The Decline of the American Empire, and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol (Not Me!). Her other film roles have included Full Blast, Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché), The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares), The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq), The Happiness of Others (Le Bonheur des autres), Adrien (Le Garagiste), Paul à Québec, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines), Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin and Cordélia. Portal was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her twin sister Pauline Lapointe (died 2010) was also an actress. Source: Article "Louise Portal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Decline of the American Empire
as DianeFour very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a...
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The Barbarian Invasions
as DianeIn this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college...
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My Best Pals
as Bernadette LegranboisThey are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies...
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The Guide to the Perfect Family
as Monique DuboisA couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a...
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And the Birds Rained Down
as GenevièveA photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the...
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The Natural Sweetness of Skin
as MargotRevealing women, showing men Dermatology professor Marie-Claire is embarking on a new project...
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Heading South
as SueA story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the...
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Wild Animals
as DanyBerg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and...
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Séraphin: Heart of Stone
as Delphine LacosteThe story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end...
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Confessions of a Hitman
as Jacinthe GallantA paid assassin working for the biker gangs of Quebec outsmarts both the police and the...
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Dangerous People
as Johanne LabelleIt has kidnapped Roxane Labelle, a Canadian singer covered gold records and awards. To his...
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Alice's Odyssey
as Blanche-NeigeAfter reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and...
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A Christmas Storm
as MémèreThe preparations for the Christmas holidays turn into a nightmare for a mother of three children...
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The Orphan Muses
as Jacqueline TanguayHaunted by the death of their father and the disappearance of their mother, four children, three...
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The Five of Us
as ClaireIn Montreal, the teenagers Manon, Anne, Isa, Claudie and Sophie are friends since their...
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Full Blast
as RoseA strike at a sawmill in a small Canadian town puts Steph and Piston out of work. They want to...
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Taureau
as Gigi GilbertA family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the...
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F*ckin' Coffin!
as Mrs DesmaraisMay 20, 1980. After his father's passing, Raymond Tremblay, tax investigator, begins to suspect...
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Cordélia
as Cordélia ViauIn a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking'...
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Memories Unlocked
as PaulineIn this French Canadian drama, the life of a paraplegic painter implodes when an old girlfriend...
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Lance et compte
as Mireille BellavanceAfter an hockey game in Lac St-Jean, the National climbs into their bus and begins the long ride...
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Paul à Québec
as LisetteIn 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter....
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Angel at Sea
as JacquelineLouis is a twelve year old boy who lives with his parents and older brother in southern Morocco....
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L'odeur après la pluie
as uncreditedClaire, a recently retired widow, shares her suburban house with her sister Gisele. On a...
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The Wolves
as MariaA woman travels from the big city to the countryside. The locals are suspicious.
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A Scream from Silence
as La comédienneA director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse...
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Le grand vide
as uncreditedElliot, a retired alcoholic, embarks on a desperate quest to find his son who has been missing...
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Dream Life
as AndréeTwo twenty-something women dream of the ideal man and slowly realize that reality is very...
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Angel Life
as uncreditedTwo strangers have a fateful one-night stand in Montréal.
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The Happiness of Others
as LouiseTwenty years before the events in the film's story, Jean-Pierre left his wife, Louise. At that...
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From My Window, Without a Home
as SanaAfter abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana...
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Bye Bye Love
as LéaTwo women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino...
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Not Me!
as ReineIn this Canadian psychological drama a repressed young man struggles with his phobia of sex. It...
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Saint Jude
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Adrien
as MarieIs having control of our life a right? Are living and dying freedoms, duties or...
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Nous sommes le Freak show
as uncreditedA bingo game. An allegorical, wild and humorous portrait. An hommage to eccentricity and...
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Tinamer
as MotherTinamer is 27 years old when her mother dies. The funeral of this last one makes her relive...
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Everything outside
as LouiseWhen circumstances conspire to leave Louise, an established Quebec painter, and Ahmed, an...
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L'érotisme et le vieil âge
as SelfThe director deals with the subject of the sexuality of older people, an often taboo subject....
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Roseline like in the movies
as uncreditedRoseline is a renowned actress with an impressive career. After a lifetime on camera, she gets...
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The Mother Eagle
as Mère JouveAfter learning of her convent's closure, a nun prays to Marie of the Incarnation and receives an...
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The Klutz
as MartineHave you ever had "one of those days" when nothing seems to go right? Well, imagine how Claude...
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On va se le dire
as SelfHost Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's...
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Bonsoir bonsoir!
as SelfEach day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His...
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Destinées
as Pauline FisetDestinées revolves around clinique Jouvence, a cosmetics and health clinic offering a variety of...
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Y'a du monde à messe
as SelfPublic figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would...
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Les échangistes
as SelfHost Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping...
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En mode Salvail
as SelfWhat to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of...
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Terre humaine
as Isabelle DantinTerre humaine is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez-Morisset which...
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Ménage à trois
as SelfAnnie-Soleil Proteau and Patrick Langlois spend an hour with a beloved and well-known figure to...
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Cette année-là
as SelfA culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie...
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1res fois
as Self - GuestTwo Quebec personalities candidly discuss the “firsts” that have marked their professional lives...
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Cheval-Serpent
as Odile GauthierThe Cheval-Serpent is a male strip club with a sulphurous reputation whose success cannot be...
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Viens-tu faire un tour?
as SelfMichel Barrette hits the road with public figures. Every drive is the perfect opportunity to...
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Viens voir les comédiens
as SelfViens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture...
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Les Beaux Malaises
as ÉlyseFictional series based on the life (and starring) Martin Matte, a comedian and popular figure in...
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H2O
as Marie LavigneH2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television...
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