ROUGE SANG (The Storm Within) Screenplay Joseph Antaki, Martin Doepner et Jean Tourangeau Director Martin Doepner Producers Claudio Luca, Alessandro Luca, Emanuelle Pré-Daigle Distribution Atopia Distribution International Distribution Ciné Télé Action International Media Relations: IXION Communications, (514) 495-8176 CAST Espérance Isabelle Guérard The Captain Lothaire Bluteau The Vulgar Man Anthony Lemke The Ugly Man Vincent Leclerc The Injured Man Arthur Holden Pierre Peter Miller Mathurin André Kasper Kolstad Madelon Charlotte St-Cyr The Young Man Jonah Nimijean CREW Production house Ciné Télé Action Producers Claudio Luca Alessandro Luca Emanuelle Pré-Daigle Director of production Martin R. Couture Director Martin Doepner Screenplay Joseph Antaki Martin Doepner Jean Tourangeau Director of photography Nathalie Moliavko-Visotsky Artistic director Raymond Dupuis Costumes Madeleine Tremblay Set design Alain Clouatre Sound Philippe Mercier Editing Claude Palardy Original score Michel Cusson Set photographer Bertrand Calmeau Synopsis Evening, a lonely farmhouse, a snowstorm, a New Year’s Eve party begins ... In a far-flung corner of the Saint Lawrence Valley, the festive atmosphere of the 31st of December 1799 suddenly turns sombre when a young French Canadian mother is forced to take in five British soldiers for the night. As the storm outside rages, the tension inside mounts, culminating in unspeakable acts. But who is the victim and who is the aggressor? As the new day dawns, the events of New Year’s Eve take on a whole new light. BIOGRAPHIES ISABELLE GUÉRARD Espérance After graduating from Cégep Lionel-Groulx in 2002, Isabelle Guérard first came to notice in 2005 for her touching portrayal of Lune in La rage de l’ange, the debut film of Quebec singer/actor Dan Bigras. On TV, she was part of the series Le 7e round, directed by Michelle Allen and produced by Sylvain Archambault. She also starred as Jeanne in all three seasons of Le Négociateur, another popular Archambault series, directed by Danielle Dansereau. Before that, she was cast in the prime-time series Tag II and Les Bougon. She now stars in Michelle Allen’s soap opera Destinées, broadcast on TVA. On stage, Isabelle Guérard has appeared in Peer Gynt at Théâtre Décalage and in Le Comte de Monte-Cristo at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier. In film, Isabelle Guérard was in the box-office hit Piché, entre ciel et terre, directed by Sylvain Archambault, as well as French Kiss and Sylvain Guy’s film noir Détour, which earned her a Jutra nomination in 2010. At the Golden Sheaf Awards of the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan in 2002, she won the prize for best actress in a short for her screen debut in La première fois. LOTHAIRE BLUTEAU The Captain Lothaire Bluteau divides his time between London, New York, Los Angeles and Montreal. In film, he became a household name in Quebec for playing the title role in Jésus de Montréal, written and directed by Denys Arcand. His screen career began several years earlier with films such as Mourir, by François Girard, and Les fous de Bassan, by Yves Simoneau. Since then, he has starred in both French and English movies: Le confessional by Robert Lepage, Black Robe by Bruce Beresford, I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron, Orlando by Sally Potter, Animals by Michael Di Giacomo, Bent, Urbania, and Julie Walking Home by Agnieska Holland, to name but a few. On TV, he’s covered the gamut of genres from the cult series Miami Vice, to Bonjour, Monsieur Gauguin and Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris on CBS, Shot Through the Heart on HBO, Dead Aviators, Law & Order SVU, 24 Hours, Race to Mars and The Tudors. On stage, he has starred in Being at Home with Claude (directed by Daniel Roussel), which went on to an international run in London’s West End, as well as in Displaced Persons, directed by Bill Hart, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, directed off-Broadway by Simon McBurney. ANTHONY LEMKE The Vulgar Man Anthony Lemke has played more than 40 characters in TV and film, both in French and English. In Quebec, he made a memorable turn as David in the series Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin. He was also part of the cast of the second season of Mirador, broadcast on Radio-Canada. In English Canada, he was Ryan Lambert in the second season of Lost Girl (Showcase/SyFy), Marcus Gilday in Blue Mountain State, Brian Becker in The Listener (CTV/NBC) and Marcus Grisham in Queen of Swords (Paramount/Global). He was also a cast member in several TV movies, including The Last Templar (NBC), A Life Interrupted (Lifetime) and Robocop: Prime Directives (SyFy). He was also in the series Flashpoint (CBS/CTV), Warehouse 13 (SyFy) and XIII, La Série (Canal+). On the big screen, he played the role of Jason Singleton in Marc-André Forcier’s feature film Coteau Rouge. He was also in the cast of Faces in the Crowd, directed by Julien Magnat, and Down the Road Again, by Don Shebib. Anthony Lemke has an undergraduate degree in theatre from the University of Waterloo and a bachelor’s degree in law from McGill University. He began his career in Toronto, but now lives in Montreal with his family. VINCENT LECLERC The Ugly Man After studies in Ottawa and Paris, Vincent Leclerc has spent the last 14 years carving out his career in Montreal, first in advertising, then in theatre with the PÀP, Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, Octo Productions and Opsis, then in television and film, both in English and French. In TV he has starred in Tout sur moi I-II-III, La galère, Mirador, Ni plus ni moi, Toute la vérité I-II-III, Le gentleman II, Mauvais karma II, as well as the American series Being Human, where he held one of the lead roles. He will soon appear in Le gentleman III and Mauvais karma III. On the big screen, he was the co-pilot in the aviation drama Piché entre ciel et terre and, in English, appeared in Legacy of Fear, Affinity (for which he was nominated in 2008 for an award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival), The Badge and Warm Bodies for Jonathan Levine and Summit Entertainment. ARTHUR HOLDEN The Injured Man Arthur Holden started out as a lawyer – he has a law degree from McGill University – before forging a career as an actor, writer and producer. He has appeared in numerous roles on TV and the big screen, in such feature films as The Aviator by Martin Scorsese, The Sum of All Fears by Phil Alden Robinson and TV series like Arthur on PBS and The Hound of the Baskervilles on Hallmark. He’s also a talented writer whose screenplay credits include TV series like Out of Control for Incendo Media and Lifetime Network and Rumours (Season 1) for the CBC; he also co- authored The Philosopher Stoned for the Documentary Channel. As well, Arthur Holden is a prolific voice actor; his numerous credits include the popular video game Assassin’s Creed. PETER MILLER Pierre A towering presence at 6’3’’, Peter Miller was born in Chibougamau to a French Canadian mother from Saguenay-Lac-Saint–Jean and an anglophone father of Irish descent. As a boy, he lived in the Bahamas, then Ontario, before moving to Quebec and spending part of his teenage years in Montreal. He went on to study international relations in California and theatre in New York. Peter Miller always dreamed of becoming an actor. He remembers when he was 11 years old, watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on TV, and his dad telling him that acting was the best job in the world. The years went by, Peter Miller grew up, and since 2001 the offers have kept coming, with each role getting more and more interesting: a barman in an episode of the American series Law and Order, Salvatore in Le dernier chapitre I and II, and Nino in Mambo Italiano (his first starring role), which was filmed entirely in Montreal. He also was in the cast of the TV series Fortier, Ciao Bella (both the English and French versions), Casino I and II. He was Stéphane in Virginie and the hockey player Mike Ludano in the Lance et compte seasons Nouvelle génération, La reconquête, La revanche, Le grand duel, and La déchirure. He also continued his career on the big screen in films like Elles étaient cinq, Die, Lance et compte le film, Angle mort and Maïna. With his career in Quebec booming, he also appeared in the English-language TV series MVP, broadcast on the CBC and re-broadcast in the U.S. on Disney/ABC’s SOAPnet channel. ANDRÉ KASPER KOLSTAD Mathurin André Kasper Kolstad has been studying theatre since he was 6 and piano since he was 5. At ease on stage, he also excels at improvisation. Over the last few years, André has participated in numerous projects, appearing in ads, TV series, short films and feature films. Of Norwegian and Greek origin, André was born in Toronto and now lives in Quebec’s Montérégie region with his parents and younger sister (who’s his biggest fan). He’s fluent in French and English, and gets by in Norwegian. Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, his answer has always been: “An actor, of course!” CHARLOTTE ST-CYR Madelon Born on June 22, 2005, Charlotte St-Cyr is making her screen debut in Martin Doepner’s Rouge Sang. She plays opposite her mother, Isabelle Guérard. JONAH NIMIJEAN The Young Man Born in 1997 in Montreal, Jonah Nimijean has spent most of his life in the suburb of Pointe Claire.