On your screens: the return of Refuge Show
The traditional Refuge Show, which has supported the cause of the Refuge des jeunes de Montréal for 31 years, will be presented on December 19 at 8 p.m. on ICI TÉLÉ. Usually recorded in public, the No-Show du Refuge was captured in an empty room for the second year in a row, but the organization created 56,000 symbolic virtual places, the equivalent of an Olympic Stadium, to make a donation (info on the Refuge website). The big man of the evening is still Dan Bigras, who this year is surrounded by Marjo, David Goudreault, Jacques Michel, Dramatik, Lyne Fortin, Angèle Dubeau and Kim Richardson, among others.
On your antenna: The Queens broadcast on Ici Première
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Céline Bonnier and Sophie Cadieux are part of the all-star cast of the production The Queens.
For the first time in about 20 years, Radio-Canada will present theater live from its studios. On Saturday evening, the Ici Première channel will broadcast the piece The Queens by Normand Chaurette, produced at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, this fall. For the second time in 16 years, the director Denis Marleau approaches this rich and demanding text, intoxicating and abundant. With the help of a royal cast: Céline Bonnier, Sophie Cadieux, Kathleen Fortin, Marie-Pier Labrecque, Sylvie Léonard and Monique Spaziani. The broadcast will be followed by a discussion moderated by Guylaine Tremblay with the six actresses, the director and the general director of TNM, Lorraine Pintal.. On Ici Première, at 95.1 FM, on December 18 at 8 p.m.
In theaters: trio of short films at the Cinema du Musée
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Benoit Brière directs and stars in the short film Die alive.
Starting December 17, the Cinéma du Musée will present a triple program of short films featuring two Quebec works and a film by Pedro Almodóvar. Die alive, directed by actor Benoit Brière, is interested in a father-son conversation which, on Christmas Eve, puts us in front of the reality of the end of life. Crossing d’Ève Saint-Louis stars filmmaker Claude Laroche and Catherine Chabot in a story where a young woman, returning to Quebec for the holidays, reconnects with her toxic father. Finally, Pedro Almodóvar directs the actress Tilda Swinton in Human voice, film in which a woman watches time pass while awaiting the return of her ex-lover.
On your screens: The giants who forged America on Historia
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American industrial history of the 20th centurye century is at the heart of the series The giants who forged America.
They were born out of the ashes of World War I, grew rapidly and took a huge place in American industrial history in the 20th century.e century. These are the du Ponts, Chrysler, J. P. Morgan, Ford, Boeing and other multinationals of this world. How have they evolved? What obstacles did they encounter? How did they help the United States win WWII? In three documentaries of two hours each, the series The giants who forged America answers these questions. On Historia from December 18 at 8 p.m.
Online: Nuits d’Afrique in your living room
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Clerel performing in July at Club Balattou
Nine concerts captured live during the 35es Nuits d’Afrique in July 2021, broadcast over three evenings on Facebook Live: this is the gift offered by the Montreal festival from December 16 to 18 at 7:30 p.m. Three “stopovers” are offered for each evening – Cabaret, Discovery and Favorite Meetings – which will allow us to see in action artists such as Clerel, Flavia Nascimento and Afrodizz, who have performed at Club Balattou, at the National and at the Ministry. Enough to bring warmth and light to your month of December.
Indoor: free screenings of Fantasia
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Marcel Sabourin in Le Martien de Noël
The Fantasia Film Festival continues until December 19 its screening of free films as part of its 25e anniversary of creation. Friday at 7:30 p.m., see In my skin, a body horror drama by Marina de Van. Saturday, three films are on the program: Five venoms, Chang Cheh’s kung fu movie, Adam’s apples by Anders Thomas Jensen and Re-Animator by Stuart Gordon. Finally, on Sunday, we will be able to see or see again, in a restored version, The Christmas Martian by Bernard Gosselin with Marcel Sabourin in the spotlight, Sell Out by Yeo Joon Han and Love & Peace by Sion Sono. All screenings take place at the J. A. de Sève cinema at Concordia University.