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SYNOPSIS
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A rainy day allows Fred (Claude Legault) to meet Juliette (Céline Bonnier). The flirt starts
with a classic "Don’t I know you from somewhere..."
Juliette thinks for a while, and then... Yes, she knows that man! Robert, the guy who sat
behind her in biology class. Obviously, this is a made-­‐up story, but for the pleasure of
spending an evening with Juliette, Fred becomes that Robert. But where can a love story
go when it started with a lie
DIRECTOR : SYLVAIN ARCHAMBAULT
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Sylvain Archambault’s journey in the film industry began in
1986. Fresh out of Concordia University with a BFA
(Bachelor of Fine Art) in cinematographic production, he
created Wolfpack Productions, through which he produced
many documentaries, feature films as well as music videos
for well known Quebec artists such as Marjo, Paul Piché and
The Box.
It was by accident that he found himself in the advertising world. He began as an
executive producer producing over a thousand advertising films, then continued on as a
director, directing more than 200 ads throughout the world (South Africa, Mexico,
France, the United States…) including national ad campaigns, notably for the Olympic
Games. He was awarded multiple international prizes such as the ‘Coq d’Argent’ and the
‘Coq de Bronze’ from the Montreal Publicity Club and was twice a finalist at the London
Advertizing Film Awards.
He made the move from directing advertizing films to directing feature films and
television shows in 2004, beginning with Le Négociateur I & II (2004, TVA), le 7e Round

(2066, SRC), Bob Gratton II & III (2007/2008, TQS) and Les Lavigueur, la Vraie Histoire
(2007, SRC), for which he won the 2008 Gémeaux Award for best directing in a dramatic
series.
Pour Toujours… Les Canadiens, his first feature length film, produced by Cité-­‐Amérique,
hit theaters in December of 2009 and was followed by 2010’s Piché: Entre Ciel et Terre,
produced by Pixcom, which won the Golden Ticket at the 2011 Jutra Awards. His latest
feature film, French Kiss (Cité-­‐Amérique), was released in 2011. Sylvain Archambault just
finished shooting in Brazil the adaptation of Jean-­‐Christophe Rufin’s novel, Rouge Brésil,
starring Stellan Skarsgård and Joaquim de Almeida, which is set to be released in 2012.
Filmography:
2012 Rouge Brésil (TV series)
2011 French Kiss
2010 Piché: entre ciel et terre
2009 The Canadiens, Forever
2008-­‐2009
Bob Gratton, ma vie/My Life (TV series – 12 episodes)
2008 Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire (TV series – 6 episodes)
2006 Le négociateur (TV series – 2 episodes)
2006 Le 7e round (TV series)

CAST AND CREW
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MAIN CHARACTERS
FRED
JULIETTE
ELLIOT
Claude Legault
Céline Bonnier
Didier Lucien
CREW
Producers
Executive Producer
Line Producer
Scriptwriter
Director
Director of Photography
Artistic Director
Costums
Editing
Music
Lorraine Richard
Luc Martineau
Daniel Proulx
Martha Fernandez
José Fréchette
Sylvain Archambault
Marc Simpson-­‐Thelford
Sylvain Gingras
Carmen Allie
Yvann Thibodeau
Michel Corriveau

CITÉ AMÉRIQUE
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CITÉ AMÉRIQUE IS ONE OF CANADA’S LEADING PRODUCTION COMPANIES. IN THE PAST
20 YEARS, THE COMPANY HAS PRODUCED 20 FEATURE FILMS AND MORE THAN 136
HOURS OF DRAMA FOR TELEVISION. NUMEROUS TITLES WERE ACCLAIMED BY THE
PUBLIC AND HAVE GATHERED 53 AWARDS IN CANADA AND 27 THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. UP TO THIS DAY, THE PRODUCTIONS HAVE GATHERED AN AUDIENCE OF MORE
THAN 500 MILLION.
For many years now, Cité Amérique has been developing strong co-­‐production skills,
especially with the UK. Our catalogue includes titles that have been sold in over 65
countries and have been domestic hits such as Séraphin; Heart of Stone,The Last Casino,
Machine Gun Molly, CQ2, Lost and delirious, Babine, The Canadians For Ever, French
Kiss, to name a few…
Cité Amérique has a strong will to co-­‐produce with our partners from abroad. Important
productions such as The Crimson Petal and the White, Affinity, Thorne; Sleepyhead and
Scaredycat have been already co-­‐produced with our European partners.
Cité Amérique has extended its expertise to pre-­‐school/youth programming, with series
such as Dragon, Station X, Wumpa's World, Ludovic and Doggy Day School. Cité
Amérique has worked with the following television/film institutions and broadcasters :
Téléfilm Canada, Sodec, CMF, Vidéotron Fund, Shaw Fund, Cogeco, Radio Canada, Astral
Media, CBC, Movie Central, TMN, YTV, Treehouse, TVA, V, Food Chanel, Discovery, Télé
Québec, Télétoon, APTN, TFO, TVO, NFB and Alliance Vivafilms, TVA Films.

PRODUCER : LORRAINE RICHARD
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Lorraine Richard is a woman who is entirely committed to what she does.
She has been a board member and VP of the Quebec's Film and Television
Association (APFTQ).
Between 1995 and 2000, she was president of the National Council of Cinema and
Television Production, as well as a board member of the SODEC. She has been a board
member of the Canadian Television Fund, between 1997 and 2000. In 1992, Lorraine
Richard received the Corporate Achievement Award from the Candian Film and
Television Production Association (CFTPA). The same year, she received the Canadian
Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and has been honoured in 1999 by the
Women in Film and Television Association for her contribution to the industry.
As a member of the Regroupement des Producteurs Indépendants, of the Sartec and the
APFTQ, her dedication to these organizations is manifested in her everyday work and in
the wider context of the industry; it is also what brought her from the world of theatre
to the world of cinema.

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INTERNATIONAL SALES
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Delphis Films Inc. is a Montreal-­‐based world sales agent specialised in high quality family
films from around the world. Delphis Films is a subsidiary of Attraction Media, a fast
growing media group that comprises seven production companies.
Delphis Films Inc.
5455 de Gaspé, suite 803
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2T 3B3
Tel: 1-­‐514-­‐843-­‐3355
Fax: 1-­‐514-­‐843-­‐9574
Contact: Xiaojuan Zhou, President
Email: xiao@delphisfilms.com
Mobile: 1-­‐514-­‐758-­‐0055