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A middle aged man with a shotgun as the basis for a comedy? That appears to be the case in Quebecois writer-director  Marc-André Lavoi's upcoming Hot Dog.  Éric Salvail, Paul Doucet, Rémy Girard, Daniel Lemire, Pierre-François Legendre, and Edith Cochrane star in the story of Paul, a man who believes he is about to be fired from the production company where he has worked for years and takes up arms to remedy the situation. Paul quickly learns he was not the target of the firing but, well, things are too far along to stop by that point ...The first teaser for the film has arrived on the scene and while it is fairly brief it shows a good deal of promise. Check it below....

From July 13th to the 18th, the Just for Laughs Festival will hod its 14th edition of Just for Laughs Film in Montreal. Besides, The Cultural Post got wind of Just for Laughs Film's line-up.

First of all, speaking about Canadian feature films, there will be two ones: Alain Desrochers's Cabotins and Seth W. Owen’s Peepers. The first film stars Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Dorothée Berryman, Gilles Renaud and Pierre-François Legendre. It tells the story of a ruined ex-showman and actor who would like to get back in the world of burlesque theatre with his former colleagues and organize a tour. As for Peepers, it stars Joe Cobden, Paul Spence, Jessica Paré, Janine Theriault and Ricky Mabe. It tells the story of three men who sneak across Montreal's rooftops with binoculars. However, a young female student gives to these men a taste of their own game.

Furthermore, the...

Novem, a production company owned by TV host Véronique Cloutier, announced the production of many feature films. In fact, the first one is called Cabotins. It will be in Quebec's theatres on July 23, 2010.

The film was directed by Alain Desrochers, scripted by Ian Lauzon and produced with a budget of $4,800,000.

It tells the story of Marcel (Rémy Girard), a former actor and producer of variety shows. He now lives in the countryside. Moreover, his wife left him and he's financially down on his luck. In order to get his life back on track, he goes to Montreal in order to recruit former colleagues. Indeed, Marcel wants to make a reunion stage show. Marcel will come across Lady Moon (Yves Jacques), a transvestite; Lucie (Dorothée Berryman), a comedian; and Roger (Gilles Renaud), an old crooner. The three of them accept, but insist that Marcel hires Pedro (Pierre-François Legendre), Marcel's son. However,...

Now that you've seen director Yves Pelletier talk about the story of Le baiser du barbu, his upcoming film, you're going to have a look at the trailer of it. Moreover, I'd like to remind you that Le baiser du barbu will be released in Quebec on June 18.

Synopsis:

The film talks about an actor (David Savard) who is struggling to make a name for himself. After he had grown a beard, his career becomes sucessful and many women are attracted by him. However, this actor's long-time girlfriend (Isabelle Blais) can hardly endure his beard. Moreover, she'll give him an ultimatum: he either chooses her or his beard (i.e. success).

The film also star Louis-José Houde, Ricardo Trogi, David Boutin, Pierre-François Legendre, Bénédicte Décary, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Brigitte Pogonat, Alexis Martin, Benoît Gouin and Claude Larouche.

The producers are Nicole Robert and Martine Beauchemin.