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 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 . In film, he became a household name in Quebec for playing the title role in Jésus de Montréal, written and directed by . His screen career began several years earlier with films such as Mourir, by François Girard, and Les fous de Bassan, by . Since then, he has starred in both French and English movies: Le confessional by , 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-.

In English Canada, he was Ryan Lambert in the second season of (Showcase/), 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), (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 and a bachelor’s degree in law from McGill University. He began his career in , but now lives in Montreal with his family.

VINCENT LECLERC The Ugly Man

After studies in 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 , 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. He went to elementary school there before attending Loyola High School, where he’s now in Grade 9. Music is the love of his life. He started playing violin at age 4 under the direction of Dragan Djerkic and is also a member of the advanced orchestra of the Montreal Suzuki Institute. In his free time, Jonah is an avid video-game player. He also keeps up with new technologies, participating in networking activities and spending many hours mixing music and making sounds.

MARTIN DOEPNER Director and screenwriter

A master’s graduate in film production at Concordia University, Martin Doepner has also taken a course in film graphics production at the Beijing Film Academy (2000– 2001). From 1998 to 2011, he was an assistant director on such feature films as The Aviator (Martin Scorsese), The Terminal (Steven Spielberg), 300 (Zack Snyder), The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich), The Fountain (Daren Aronofsky), Voyez comme ils dansent (Claude Miller), Stardom (Denys Arcand), and The Greatest Game Ever Played (Bill Paxton).

His debut short We’ll Meet Again took the top prize at the Toronto Telefest in 2007. A year later at the same fest, La mémoire oubliée won the top documentary prize. Martin Doepner made it a hat-trick at Telefest in 1998 when he took home the Jay Scott Award for best film in competition and the top prize for best fiction film with Deux teintes de rouge. In 2002, at the Montreal World Film Festival, Fracture was named the best student film. His next film, KTV Girl, screened at the eKsperim[E]nto Film and Video Festival in the Philippines in 2004.

JEAN TOURANGEAU Screenwriter

Jean Tourangeau has distinguished himself as a TV screenwriter, producer and distributor. He has also been a critic and cultural administrator.

Since 2005, Jean Tourangeau has taught production strategies and TV at the École des médias of l’UQAM, as well as at O’Sullivan College of Montreal. From 1990 to 1992, he was in charge of national and international markets for short films and documentaries at Cinéma Libre. In 1993, he joined Trinôme as script editor for the drama series Fripe et Pouille III (Canal Famille, TQS). He also produced several teen series for Canal Famille: Moi j’aime Montréal parce que, S.V.P. répondre, and Il était une fois (which also aired on TFO). He co-produced L’anecdote cinéma, a series on the history of Quebec cinema (TV5, TQS, Canal D) and was content producer for Shlak I, II and II (Canal Famille, TVO), which won top prize at the 1994 Gémeaux 1994 for best original game.

In 1995, he made Quebec’s first “docu-soap”: Pignon sur rue I to IV (TQc), followed by Ciel! mon Pinard (TQc, cuisineTV in France, CH), winner at the Gémeaux in 1999 and 2000 for best lifestyle series. Since 2000, he’s been a content producer on Plein Sud, le grand voyage, a 13-hour documentary series on the Americas (TV5, CH), as well as on the 26-hour family “docu-soap” Vie de famille (Canal Vie). Also active in TV documentary series, he wrote and produced Le Québec de Jean-Claude, 13 hours about Quebec with Jean-Claude Germain (Évasion) and Bouffe ou malbouffe (Canal Vie), on food in schools.

JOSEPH ANTAKI Screenwriter

After studying commerce at Concordia University, Joseph Antaki bergan his career in 1993 at the National Film Board of Canada as screenwriter and producer of the medium-length film Jane Bomb. The following year he wrote the script for Nabila, broadcast on Radio-Canada TV. In 1998, for TVA, he wrote, produced and directed Brave femme, a fictional short. In 2001-2002, he joined the team of the cooking show Escales gourmandes, which ran for 26 episodes on CH/CJNT. A Man Called Fritz / L’Ennemi Fritz, a short that he wrote and produced, reached an international audience in the U.S., Greece and Hungary. In 2005, his short Cairo Calling won the Prix du public at the Montréal Image + Nation Festival and another at the Reel Pride Fest in Fresno, California. La lettre / The Letter, produced in 2006, was selected in 15 festivals and aired on Télé-Québec and the CBC.

CLAUDIO LUCA Producer

Before he founded Ciné Télé Action Inc. in 1987, Claudio Luca had more than 20 years experience in TV and film. He began his career in the late 1960s as an assistant editor, then as en editor for Radio-Canada. At the same time, he worked as an assistant cameraman to filmmakers like Paul Almond, Denis Héroux and Larry Kent. In the ‘70s, he was in demand as a cameraman and photo director and worked on a number of projects including a documentary by the well-known Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri. After 1975, he was involved in three of Radio-Canada’s most popular TV shows, Le 60, Télémag and Les beaux dimanches, for which he shot in over 30 countries undergoing all kinds of political and cultural upheaval.

Since 1980, Claudio Luca has focused on audiovisual TV production, beginning with varety shows, sports shows and news shows on Super Écran, then with the documentary Les risques du métier, written and directed by Fernand Séguin. From 1987, with Ciné Télé Action, Claudio Luca produced over 200 hours of documentaries, TV series (including Radio enfer, Radio active, Avoir su…, and Fries with That?), dramatic miniseries (Big Bear, The Edge, Les orphelins de Duplessis, The Boys of St. Vincent, The Last Chapter, The Last Chapter II: The War Continues, Il Duce Canadese, Indian Summer, The Oka Crisis and René: le destin d’un chef). His feature films include Margaret’s Museum, Le Sphinx, L’île de sable, Quand je serais parti… vous vivrez encore, by Michel Brault, and Une histoire inventée, by Marc-André Forcier. A number of his productions have screened at international festivals and rallies. Most recently, in 2008, he produced the documentary Baby Boomers en danger, directed by Yannick Rose.

ALESSANDRO LUCA Producer

Since 1996, Alessandro has developed his talent as assistant director on a number of projects, including the films Nez rouge, The Terminal, 300, Barney’s Version, Filière 13, Gerry and Upside Down, and, for TV, Radio enfer and Blue Mountain State I, II and III.

He was assistant director of post-production for the TV series Le dernier chapitre I and II (2001/2002) and assistant-producter for the series Il Duce canadese (2003), Indian Summer, The Oka Crisis (2006) and René: le destin d’un chef (2007). In 2003 he produced the short film Réunion. In 2008, he was associate producer on Season 2 of the series René Lévesque. As producer, he’s now developing the TV series Cotroni, The Family and the film Circo.

EMANUELLE PRÉ-DAIGLE Producer

With a bachelor’s degree in arts specializing in film studies, and a diploma in management received in 1996, Emanuelle Pré-Daigle has been working in film since 1991, training in a variety of jobs on film and TV sets and in post-production.

In 1997, Emanuelle Pré-Daigle joined the Montreal production house Ciné Télé Action as a production assistant. From 1997 to 1999, she was involved in several TV series, including Les orphelins de Duplessis, The Edge, Radio enfer III, Radio enfer IV, Radio active and Big Bear, as well as the feature films Kayla and L’île de sable. In 1999, she became production supervisor on Radio enfer V and VI, Radio active II, Avoir su…, The Last Chapter / Le dernier chapitre and The Last Chapter II: The War Continues / Le dernier chapitre: la vengeance. She also produced the documentary The Last Chapter File / Dossier sur le dernier chapitre.

Since 2003, Emanuelle Pré-Daigle has concentrated on production as line producer on the TV series Fries with that ? and Il Duce Canadese, as well as on Indian Summer, The Oka Crisis, inspired by the Quebec First Nations crisis of 1990. In 2007, she produced the series René: le destin d’un chef, starring Emmanuel Bilodeau in the title role, and in 2008 made the documentary Baby Boomers en danger, directed by Yannick Rose.