Paul Ahmarani
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Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
actor. He was born from the union of two teachers, one from Cacouna, Bas-Saint-Laurent
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and another from the Mediterranean coast. Ahmarani is known for his roles in the movies The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) and How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause). People also remember him for his role in the first season of the television Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
parody Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous is a Quebec French language television series that aired on Canal Famille from 1998 to 2001, and a movie of the same name, released in 2004. The second movie, Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2, has been released on April 18, 2008...
. He released in 2005 a music album called "Portrait vivant" under the name "Paul Ahmarani et les nouveaux mariés" ("Paul Ahmarani and the newlyweds", see the External links section to listen). Outside his acting and signing career, Paul Ahmarani has also been an open supporter of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
's far-left party, Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
. On 25 February 2010, Paul Ahmarani has signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
Movies
- Mars et AvrilMars et Avril (film)Mars et Avril is a Canadian science fiction film, currently in post-production, starring Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani and Robert Lepage. The feature film, based on the graphic novels of the same name, is written, produced and directed by Martin Villeneuve.Almost entirely...
(post-production) - Adam's WallAdam's WallAdam's Wall is a Canadian film released in Montreal on October 17, 2008. The film is directed by Michael Mackenzie, who also co-wrote the film with Dana Schoel and produced by Ziad Touma of Couzin Films and by Olivier Sirois...
(2008) - CongoramaCongoramaCongorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...
(2006) - Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père, 2005)
- Guys, Girls and a Jerk (Des gars, des filles et un salaud, 2003)
- How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause, 2003)
- Waterfront Dreams (Au fil de l'eau, 2002)
- The Marsh (Le Marais, 2002)
- The ListThe List (film)The List is a 2007 American independent feature film that was released nationwide on DVD June 11, 2008. It is based on the novel of the same name by author Robert Whitlow. The film was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina...
(2000) - The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo, 2000)
- Rats and Rabbits (2000)
- Dead EndDead EndDead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney...
(Le Dernier souffle, 1999)
Television
- La JobLa JobLa Job is a French Canadian comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the BBC. Produced by Anne-Marie Losique's Image Diffusion International, it has been broadcast for a limited number of viewers on Bell TV satellite television, beginning on...
(2006) - Midnight SunMidnight sunThe midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous...
(2004) - Bunker, le cirque (2002)
- Dans une galaxie près de chez vousDans une galaxie près de chez vousDans une galaxie près de chez vous is a Quebec French language television series that aired on Canal Famille from 1998 to 2001, and a movie of the same name, released in 2004. The second movie, Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2, has been released on April 18, 2008...
(1999) - QuadraQuadraQuadra may refer to:* Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, Spanish explorer* Quadra Island, an island in British Columbia, Canada, which is named after the explorer* Quadra, São Paulo, a municipality in Brazil...
(2000) - Tag (2000)
See also
- List of Quebec actors
- List of Quebec musicians
- Cinema of Quebec
- Culture of QuebecCulture of QuebecThe Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...