Pandora's Beauty

Pandora's Beauty (French: La Beauté de Pandore) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 2000.[1] The film stars Jean-François Casabonne as Vincent, a man whose unhappy marriage to Ariane (Maude Guérin) leads him to have an extramarital affair with Pandora (Pascale Bussières), only to witness his life falling apart after Pandora reveals that she is HIV-positive.[2]

Pandora's Beauty
La Beauté de Pandore
Directed byCharles Binamé
Produced byLorraine Richard
Written byCharles Binamé
Suzanne Jacob
StarringPascale Bussières
Jean-François Casabonne
Maude Guérin
Annick Bergeron
Music byNed Bouhalassa
François Bruneau
Jean-Marc Pisapia
CinematographyPierre Gill
Edited byMichel Arcand
Production
company
Cité-Amérique
Release date
  • February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17) (RVCQ)
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Annie Dufresne, Pascale Montpetit, Annick Bergeron, Diane Lavallée and James Hyndman.

The film was shot in 1999 in and around Montreal, with a small amount of location filming at Lake Powell in Arizona.[3] It premiered on February 17, 2000 at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.[4]

Bergeron received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Genie Awards.[5] The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Guérin) and Best Original Music (Ned Bouhalassa, François Bruneau and Jean-Marc Pisapia).[6]

References
  1. "Beauté de Pandore, La – Film de Charles Binamé". Films du Québec, December 27, 2008.
  2. "La Beauté de Pandore : Femme fatale". Voir, February 17, 2000.
  3. "Beautiful partnership: La Beaute de Pandore fifth collaboration for Biname, Richard". Montreal Gazette, June 28, 1999.
  4. "Two solitudes, one busy lady". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 2000.
  5. "Maelstrom up for 10 Genies". Waterloo Region Record, December 13, 2000.
  6. "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2001.


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