Yves Laferrière
Yves Laferrière (1943 – December 11, 2020) was a Canadian musician and composer. He was a two-time Genie Award winner, for Best Original Song at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for "Touch Me", which he cowrote with Paule Baillargeon and Marjolène Morin for the film A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), and for Best Original Score at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal).
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Yves Laferrière
- Name
- Yves Laferrière
- Born
- 1943
- Died
- December 11, 2020
- Place of death
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Occupation
- Composer Actor
- Nationality
- Canada
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Yves Laferrière (1943 – 2020) was a composer.
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Yves Laferrière was born in 1943 and died in 2020 in Montréal.
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• Name — Yves Laferrière • Born — 1943 • Died — December 11, 2020 • Place of death — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Composer Actor
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• The Red Kitchen (La Cuisine rouge) - 1980 • La Phonie furieuse - 1982 • Lucien Brouillard - 1983 • Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) - 1983 • A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) - 1984 • Like a Heartbreak (C'est comme une peine d'amour) - 1985 • Sonia - 1986 • Transit - 1986 • Le Chemin de Damas - 1988 • Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) - 1989 • White Is the Night (Blanche est la nuit) - 1989 • Impasse de la vignette - 1990 • Babylone - 1990 • Moody Beach - 1990 • Solo - 1991 • Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) - 1991 • Kitty Cats - 1991 • Le Complexe d'Édith - 1991 • Between the Solitudes - 1992 • The Sex of the Stars (Le sexe des étoiles) - 1993 • Bandes-hommages 100 ans de cinéma - 1996 • Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) - 1996 • The Secret Laughter of Women - 1999 • Claude Jutra, portrait sur film - 2002 • Plain Truth - 2004
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• Le Complexe d'Édith (Short, 1991)
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