Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist, film
director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their
"organic, participatory feel." Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of
filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematographer Philippe Lavalette [fr],
and the granddaughter of artist Marcel Barbeau.Originally prominent as
a child actor, her credits included the series Le Club des 100 Watts
and À nous deux!. She later began making documentary films, including
Les Petits princes des bidonvilles (2000), Buenos Aires, no llores
(2001) and Si j'avais un chapeau (2005), before releasing her first
feature film, The Ring, in 2007. In 2010, she also published Je
voudrais qu'on m'efface (translated as Neighbourhood Watch), a novel
which revolves around some of the same characters as The Ring. In
2015, her second novel, La femme qui fuit (translated as Suzanne),
inspired by the life of her grandmother, artist Suzanne Meloche, was
short-listed for the 2016 Governor General's Award for French-language
fiction, in addition to winning a number of other prizes and being a
best-seller.Barbeau-Lavalette is best known to international audiences
for her award-winning 2012 film Inch'Allah.Barbeau-Lavalette was born
on February 8, 1979, in Montreal, the daughter of Manon Barbeau, a
filmmaker and director, and Philip Lavalette, a cinematographer. She
is the granddaughter of the Canadian artist Marcel Barbeau, who
studied under Paul-Émile Borduas, and is known for being one of the
first non-figurative painters in Canada.
director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their
"organic, participatory feel." Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of
filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematographer Philippe Lavalette [fr],
and the granddaughter of artist Marcel Barbeau.Originally prominent as
a child actor, her credits included the series Le Club des 100 Watts
and À nous deux!. She later began making documentary films, including
Les Petits princes des bidonvilles (2000), Buenos Aires, no llores
(2001) and Si j'avais un chapeau (2005), before releasing her first
feature film, The Ring, in 2007. In 2010, she also published Je
voudrais qu'on m'efface (translated as Neighbourhood Watch), a novel
which revolves around some of the same characters as The Ring. In
2015, her second novel, La femme qui fuit (translated as Suzanne),
inspired by the life of her grandmother, artist Suzanne Meloche, was
short-listed for the 2016 Governor General's Award for French-language
fiction, in addition to winning a number of other prizes and being a
best-seller.Barbeau-Lavalette is best known to international audiences
for her award-winning 2012 film Inch'Allah.Barbeau-Lavalette was born
on February 8, 1979, in Montreal, the daughter of Manon Barbeau, a
filmmaker and director, and Philip Lavalette, a cinematographer. She
is the granddaughter of the Canadian artist Marcel Barbeau, who
studied under Paul-Émile Borduas, and is known for being one of the
first non-figurative painters in Canada.
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