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Virginie was a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc high school. It frequently dealt with controversial social topics, such as teen drug use, ethnic prejudice, divorce, and other subjects touching on contemporary Quebec life. "Virginie" was a téléroman-style drama that often used "cliffhangers" in the storylines. It aired 120 episodes per year of 30 minutes each.
The series was produced and largely written by Fabienne Larouche. Virginie ended in December 2010 after 15 years on air; the last episode aired on December 15, 2010. The final episode drew more than 807,000 viewers in Quebec, or about 200,000 more than its average viewership for a typical episode. The program maintained a high level of popularity throughout its television run.
Actors: Sam Karmann (actor), Josiane Balasko (actress), Elisabeth Mehu (costume designer), Anne Brochet (actress), Eric Zaouali (producer), Adrien de Van (actor), Audrey Fleurot (actress), Joséphine de Meaux (actress), Gordana Fleutot (miscellaneous crew), Audrey Quoturi (actress), Jean-Baptiste Puech (actor), Samuel Benchetrit (actor), Bastien Ehouzan (actor), Grégoire Ludig (actor), Camille Cottin (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jackie Berroyer (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Jean-François Wolff (actor), Guillaume Gouix (actor), Gilles Soeder (actor), Joseph Rouschop (producer), Donato Rotunno (producer), Arthur Dupont (actor), Isabelle Dickes (costume designer), Marika Piedboeuf (miscellaneous crew), Samuel Feller (miscellaneous crew), Tiago Hof (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Benoît Ugeux (writer), Albertine Lastera (editor), Catherine Salée (actress),
Plot: After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. The two thirty-year-old, unemployed and idle men decide to reinvest in an old dream from their teenage years: hitting the road for an adventurous journey. They buy a huge motor-home, but the trip is delayed by various troubles, and they decide to start their journey right where they are. Through this first motionless stage of their trip, Simon and Julien are confronted with themselves and what they wanted to run away from.
Keywords: ardennes, countryside, friendship, garage, guitar, metal-detector, money-problems, movie-theater, parent, recreational-vehicleActors: Jean-François Gallotte (actor), Pascal Judelewicz (producer), Pascal Judelewicz (actor), Johan Libéreau (actor), Ludi Boeken (actor), Ludi Boeken (producer), Laurent Bouhnik (director), Laurent Bouhnik (producer), Laurent Bouhnik (writer), Michel Gondoin (actor), Brice Fournier (actor), Claire Gerard-Hirne (costume designer), Patrick Hauthier (actor), Patrick Zocco (actor), Yassine Azzouz (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Edith Scob (actress), Isabelle Sadoyan (actress), Anne Le Ny (writer), Anne Le Ny (writer), Géraldine Pailhas (actress), Christopher Thompson (actor), Julie Ferrier (actress), Dominique Valadié (actress), Roselyne Bellec (miscellaneous crew), Benjamin Biolay (actor), Tatjana Jankovic (editor), Vincent Dietschy (director), Vincent Dietschy (editor), Vincent Dietschy (writer), Pio Marmaï (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jean-Pierre Bacri (writer), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (actor), Anne Le Ny (actress), Charles Gassot (producer), Brigitte Catillon (actress), Hervé de Luze (editor), Sam Karmann (actor), Jean-Pierre Bacri (actor), Scali Delpeyrat (actor), Wladimir Yordanoff (actor), Alain Chabat (actor), Gérard Lanvin (actor), Agnès Jaoui (writer), Christiane Millet (actress), Agnès Jaoui (director),
Plot: Three men, three women, opposites, possibilities, and tastes. Castella owns a industrial steel barrel plant in Rouen; Bruno is his flute-playing driver, Franck is his temporary bodyguard while he negotiates a contract with Iranians, his wife Angélique does frou-frou interior decorating and loves her dog. The conventional Castella hires a forty-year-old actress, Clara, to tutor him in English, and he finds her and her Bohemian lifestyle fascinating. Is this love? What would she say if he declared himself? Through Bruno, Franck meets Manie, a barmaid who deals hash. They begin an affair. Are they in love? They joke about marriage. As the women hold back, the men must make decisions.
Keywords: actress, adultery, apology, arrest, art-gallery, artist, aunt-niece-relationship, backstage, bar, bartenderActors: Jean-Yves Berteloot (actor), Jean-François Garreaud (actor), Pierre-Arnaud Juin (actor), Christian Cloarec (actor), Jean-Vincent Fournier (writer), Laurent Carcélès (director), Geordy Monfils (actor), Karine Lazard (actress), Valérie Longeville (editor), Agathe Bergman (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Richard Allan (actor), Dominique Aveline (actor), Gabriel Pontello (actor), Guy Royer (actor), Charlie Schreiner (actor), Liliane Lemieuvre (actress), Claude Bernard-Aubert (producer), Claude Bernard-Aubert (writer), Alain Goraguer (composer), Claude Bernard-Aubert (director), Gabriel Rongier (editor), Erika Cool (actress), Claude Janna (actress), Francis Mischkind (producer), Nicole Valin (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Henri Vilbert (actor), Jim Gérald (actor), Marcelle Arnold (actress), Françoise Arnoul (actress), Philippe Nicaud (actor), Raymond Lamy (editor), René Clermont (actor), Claude Heymann (writer), Claude Heymann (director), Camille Sauvage (actor), Camille Sauvage (composer), Alfred Goulin (actor), Guillaume Hanoteau (writer), Renée Cosima (actress), Georges Sénamaud (producer),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Marcel Carpentier (actor), Fernandel (actor), Mady Berry (actress), Colette Darfeuil (actress), Marguerite Pierry (actress), Françoise Rosay (actress), Guy de Maupassant (writer), Michel Michelet (composer), Jean Feyte (editor), Odette Barencey (actress), Marcel Simon (actor), Monique Rolland (actress), Boris Bilinsky (costume designer), Simone Bourday (actress), Dominique Bernard-Deschamps (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Émile Saint-Ober (actor), Albert Broquin (actor), Jean Dax (actor), Émile Zola (writer), Georges Lannes (actor), Jeanne Bérangère (actress), Pâquerette (actress), Henri Baudin (actor), Maurice de Marsan (writer), Maurice de Marsan (producer), Maurice de Marsan (director), Charles Maudru (director), Jean Jabely (actor), Lucien Walter (actor), Mangin (actor),
Genres: ,in the lush virginia hills
they kept her as long as they could
cause they knew when the white brother
found white shell beads
wrapped around her skin --
a life giving river --
her body open as will his hand
and with a "goodbye" there she goes
she may betray all that she loves
and even wait for their savior to come
and in some things, maybe he'll be right
but as always the thing that he loves
he will change from her sunrise to clockwise to soul trading
still she'll lay down her body
covering him all the same
so hundreds of years go by
(the red road carved up by sharp knife)
she's a girl out working her trade
and she loses a little each day
to ghetto pimps and presidents
who try and arouse her turquoise serpents
she can't recall what they represent
and when you ask, she won't know
she will betray
oh virginia
do you remember
when the land held your hand
oh virginia
she will let you back in
oh virginia