Robert Ménard (director)

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Robert Ménard is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted for his 1982 film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.[2]

His other films have included Exit,[3] Cruising Bar,[4] You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle Jeanne),[5] Love Crazy (Amoureux fou),[6] Water Child (L'enfant d'eau),[7] Cruising Bar 2,[8] A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)[9] and Stay with Me (Reste avec moi).[10]

He was married to Claire Wojas, his screenwriting collaborator on nearly all of his films, until her death in 2018.

References

  1. Marie-Claude Girard, "Robert Ménard renoue avec le drame". La Presse, October 10, 2009.
  2. Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
  3. Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1986.
  4. "Michel Cote Scores Big; Cruising Bar's success has turned actor into a movie star". Montreal Gazette, December 2, 1989.
  5. Charles-Henri Ramond, "T’es belle, Jeanne – Film de Robert Ménard". Films du Québec, April 8, 2009.
  6. "Menard's Amoureux Fou is a thin, tedious rehash". Montreal Gazette, June 4, 1991.
  7. John Griffin, "Quebec film L'Enfant d'Eau already one of fest's big winners". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 1995.
  8. Brendan Kelly, "Cruising at a lower altitude". Montreal Gazette, June 27, 2008.
  9. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Bonheur de Pierre, Le – Film de Robert Ménard". Films du Québec, January 27, 2009.
  10. Brendan Kelly, "Interconnected vignettes ebb and flow". Montreal Gazette, November 5, 2010.

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