La Florida (film)

1993 Canadian film

La Florida

Directed by| George Mihalka
Written by| Suzette Couture
Pierre Sarrazin
Produced by| Claude Bonin
Jacques Bonin
Suzette Couture
Pierre Sarrazin
Starring| Rémy Girard
Pauline Lapointe
Raymond Bouchard
Yvan Canuel
Marie-Josée Croze
Michael Sarrazin
Margot Kidder
Cinematography| Rene Ohashi
Distributed by| Vivafilm

Release date

* 1993 (1993)

Country| Canada
Languages| French, some English
Box office| C$1.6 million (Canada)[1]

La Florida is a Quebec comedy film, released in 1993.[2] The film was directed by George Mihalka, and written by Suzette Couture and Pierre Sarrazin.

## Synopsis

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The film stars Rémy Girard and Pauline Lapointe as Léo and Ginette Lespérance, a married couple who, after facing one too many Montreal winters, move their family to Fort Lauderdale, where they buy a motel catering to "snowbirds". However, their new business runs afoul of "Big Daddy" (Raymond Bouchard), an established motel operator and local crime boss, who makes it his mission to drive the Lespérances out of business.[3]

The Lespérances may, however, have an ally in Jay Lamori (Jason Blicker), a local businessman of uncertain motives who may or may not be what he seems.

## Award nominations

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The film received eight Genie Award nominations at the 14th Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Girard), Best Actress (Lapointe), Best Supporting Actor (Yvan Canuel), Best Screenplay (Couture, Sarrazin), Best Overall Sound (Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Douglas Ganton, David Appleby) and Best Sound Editing (Marc Chiasson, Terry Burke, Jane Tattersall, Sean Kelly, Drew King, Tony Currie, Diane Boucher).[4]

The film did not win any of the awards. It was, however, given the Golden Reel Award as the top-grossing Canadian film of the year with a gross of C$1.6 million.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Kelly, Brendan (November 22, 1993). "Foreign flix batter Canadian pix". Variety. p. 54.
2. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 79.
3. ^ Rob Salem, "La Florida's plot twists like a snowbird in flight". Toronto Star, January 28, 1994.
4. ^ Craig MacInnis, "Does anyone dream of Genie?". Toronto Star, December 11, 1993.

## External links

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* La Florida at IMDb
* La Florida at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by George Mihalka

* Pick-up Summer (1980)
* My Bloody Valentine (1981)
* Scandale (1982)
* The Blue Man (1985)
* Shades of Love: Midnight Magic (1988)
* Office Party (1988)
* Le chemin de Damas (1988)
* Crossbow: The Movie (1989)
* Straight Line (1990)
* Psychic (1991)
* The Final Heist (1991)
* La Florida (1993)
* Relative Fear (1994)
* Deceptions II: Edge of Deception (1995)
* Bullet to Beijing (1995)
* The Ideal Man (1996)
* Windsor Protocol (1996)
* Thunder Point (1998)
* Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story (2001)
* Watchtower (2001)
* Les Boys IV (2005)
* Sticks and Stones (2008)
* Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film (2009)
* Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage (2011)
* Black Christmas Legacy (2015)
* Needles (TBA)

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