Eldorado
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In the presence of filmmaker Charles Binamé
In the middle of summer in Montreal, Loulou breaks Marc's heart when she tells him she's expecting a child with a stranger. The latter, Loyd, is courted by Henriette, but falls in love with Rita, a delinquent who has befriended Roxan, a rich girl with a generous disposition. As fate would have it, their lives become intertwined.
Charles Binamé
Charles Binamé is a Quebec director, screenwriter, and actor. He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age. He joined the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as an assistant director in 1971, but soon left for the private sector. During the 1970s, he mostly directed documentaries for Quebec television, and in the 1980s he directed over 400 television commercials, including some in England. When he returned to Canada in the early 1990s, he directed two of Quebec's most popular television series of all time, Blanche, the sequel to the series Les Filles de Caleb for which he won seven Prix Gémeaux and the FIPA d'or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Marguerite Volant. In the 1990s as well, Binamé wrote and directed a trio of edgy urban dramas – Eldorado (1995), Streetheart (1998) and Pandora's Beauty (2000). His big-budget Séraphin: Heart of Stone was a huge box-office hit in Quebec, winning the Golden Ticket and six Jutra Award in 2003. In 2005, he directed The Rocket, a biography of the Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard, which earned him a Genie Award for best director.
Photo: Michel Gauthier | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécois
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