Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003) La grande séduction (original title)

Director:

Jean-François Pouliot

Writer:

Ken Scott (writer)

Release Date:

26 March 2004 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.

Plot Keywords:

Village | Doctor | Fishing | Factory | Island

Awards:

15 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Raymond Bouchard	...	Germain Lesage
Dominic Michon-Dagenais	...	Germain Lesage enfant
Guy-Daniel Tremblay	...	Rolland Lesage
Nadia Drouin	...	Simone Lesage
Rita Lafontaine	...	Hélène Lesage
Roc LaFortune	...	Charles Campeau
Réal Bossé	...	Denis Lacoste
Guy Vaillancourt	...	Claude Larivée
Lucie Laurier	...	Eve Beauchemin
Pierre Collin	...	Yvon Brunet
Ken Scott	...	Richard Auger
Jean-Pierre Gonthier	...	Réal Fournier
Benoît Brière	...	Henri Giroux
Marc Legault	...	Marcel Sigouin
Caroline Girard	...	Lucie Giroux
Betty Jones	...	Marlène Giroux
Denis Houle	...	Barman
Claude Gasse	...	Serveuse du restaurant
Bruno Blanchet	...	Steve Laurin
Nadia Rowsell	...	Valérie Fournier
Alexandrine Agostini	...	Francine Fournier
Gilles Pelletier	...	Alphonse Pinsonneault
Frédéric Desager	...	Dr. Paul Gosselin
David Boutin	...	Christopher Lewis
Philippe Daneault	...	Le coureur
Marie-France Lambert	...	Sylvie Auger
Louis-Philippe Dury	...	Jules Auger
Raphaël Grenier	...	Jacob Auger
Clémence DesRochers	...	Clothilde Brunet
Daniel Rousse	...	Marcel Thibodeau
Caroline Néron	...	Voix de Brigitte
Louis Wiriot	...	Cuisinier
Serge Christianssens	...	Monsieur Nadeau
Donald Pilon	...	Monsieur Dupré
Louis Philippe Dandenault	...	Bertrand Pitt
Manon Gauthier	...	Mireille Laurin
Véronique Pinette	...	Chloé Landry
Gisèle Trépanier	...	Denise Campeau
Nathalie Gascon	...	Madame Martin
Luc-Martial Dagenais	...	Avocat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander Bisping	...	Avocat
Caroline Bouchard	...	Lucie Giroux

Directed by
Jean-François Pouliot

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ken Scott		writer

Produced by
Roger Frappier	....	producer
Luc Vandal	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Marie Benoît

Cinematography by
Allen Smith

Film Editing by
Dominique Fortin

Casting by
Lucie Robitaille

Production Design by
Normand Sarazin

Set Decoration by
Daniel Hamelin
Ken Meany

Costume Design by
Louise Gagne

Makeup Department
Lorraine Craig	....	makeup artist
Sandro Di Gioacchino	....	hair stylist
Nadine Gilliot	....	key makeup artist
Gaétan Landry	....	key hair stylist
Christine Larocque	....	wig maker
Mathieu Tessier	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Sylvie De Grandpré	....	production manager
Jolaine S. Miron	....	assistant production manager
Glen Ransom	....	assistant unit manager
Bernard Vincent	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yanick DiVito	....	additional third assistant director
Geneviéve Duguay	....	third assistant director
Mireille Goulet	....	first assistant director
Auree Tommi Lepage	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Robert Bourdeau	....	head painter
Denis Caspar	....	property master
Vincent Charbonneau	....	assistant property master
Anderson Daren	....	assistant carpenter
Gaetan Deaombre	....	construction
Bernard Dion	....	construction crew
Brian Foreman	....	assistant carpenter
Jeevan Fortier	....	painter
Pierre Girard	....	head carpenter
Erik Gosselin	....	special props
Olivier Hogue	....	construction crew
Renaud Hutter	....	carpenter
Alexandre Juneau	....	construction crew
Sylvain Lapointe	....	carpenter
David Laramy	....	assistant art director
David Laramy	....	assistant decorator
Raymond Larose	....	set designer
Alexis Lauzon	....	carpenter
Danny Lebel	....	construction crew
Geneviève Legault	....	art department coordinator
Geneviève Legault	....	construction coordinator
Antoine Mayer	....	carpenter
Régis Pelletier	....	painter
Bernard Proulx	....	carpenter
Dominic Proulx	....	carpenter
Christopher Roberts	....	assistant carpenter
Hollis Roberts	....	construction
Kevin Rowsell	....	carpenter
Yvan Synnet	....	carpenter
Gilbert Verreault	....	property master

Sound Department
Monique Bisson	....	assistant adr editor
Normand Bélanger	....	assistant adr editor
Jocelyn Caron	....	foley recordist
Claudine Carpentier	....	sound post-production coordinator
Claudine Carpentier	....	sound recording studio supervisor
Alain Chenier	....	sound technician: Radio Canada
Michel Descombes	....	sound
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Phillipe Frumignac	....	assistant foley artist
Carole Gagnon	....	dialogue editor
Yannick Gauthier	....	recording assistant: strings
Claude Hazanavicius	....	sound recordist
Marc Hazanavicius	....	boom operator
Réjean Juteau	....	sound mixer
Réjean Juteau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pierre Laroche	....	sound
Benoit Leduc	....	adr recording engineer
Martin Léveillée	....	sound technician: Radio Canada
Antoine Morin	....	sound effects editor
Dominik Pagacz	....	sound effects editor
Jacques Planck	....	supervising adr editor
Jacques Plante	....	adr supervisor
Marcel Pothier	....	sound designer
Steve F.B. Smith	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Michael Willis	....	assistant dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Martin Beaudoin	....	modeler: Hybride
Sébastien Bergeron	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Xavier Bourque	....	digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Caroline Brien	....	production assistant: Hybride
Wayne Brinton	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Yves Clément	....	CG artist
Anouk Deveault-Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Gael Hollard	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Joseph Kasparian	....	lead textures & lighting: Hybride
Evelyne Leblond	....	production assistant: Hybride
Francois Leduc	....	digital compositor: Hybride (as François Leduc)
Michel Murdock	....	visual effects financial controller: Hybride
Steve Pelchat	....	digital artist: Hybride
Martin Pelletier	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects producer: Hybride
Marie-Chantale Savard-Côté	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Philippe Theroux	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Gaetan Thiffault	....	lead effects animator: Hybride
Jessy Veilleux	....	matte painter: Hybride
Yanick Wilisky	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride

Camera and Electrical Department
Geoffroy Beauchemin	....	underwater camera operator
Christian Bergeron	....	electrician
Eric Béliveau	....	additional grip
Ivanoh Demers	....	still photographer
Franck Develey	....	additional grip
David Dinel	....	grip
Stéphanie Doré-Bertet	....	Steadicam operator
Paul Duchesne	....	grip
Dominique Fortier	....	best boy
Jacob Fortier	....	best boy
Jacques Fortier	....	gaffer
Claude Fortin	....	grip
Claude Fortin	....	second unit
Alexandre Gazé	....	electrician
Claude Gervais	....	best boy
Robert Grenier	....	grip
Serge Grenier	....	key grip
Laurent Alexis Guertin	....	camera trainee (as Laurent-Alex Guertin)
Robert Guertin	....	camera operator: second unit
Maxime Imbeau	....	grip
Christian Lanctôt	....	additional grip
Martine Leclerc	....	focus puller
Isabelle Marcoux	....	electrician
Yves Nault	....	generator operator
Marie-Andrée Paquet	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Mandy Rowsell	....	Steadicam operator
Mike Sallustio	....	electrician
Geoffroy St-Hilaire	....	second assistant camera
André Tisseur	....	additional grip

Casting Department
Sylvie Richard	....	extras casting
Tristan Thibaudeau	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Aubuchon	....	costume aging
Flavie Bergeron	....	assistant costumer
Caroline Bréard	....	costumer
Lynn Charette	....	costumer
Nathalie Chretien	....	key wardrobe (as Nathalie Chrétien)
Sofi Dagenais	....	costume aging
Marie-Josée Dumont	....	costume aging
Sylvie Gagnon	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Karina Baccanale	....	first assistant editor
Claudine Blain	....	negative cutter
Francine Gauthier	....	color timer
Sylvie Lacoste	....	post-production coordinator
Suzanne Laverdière	....	commissioning editor: Radio-Canada
François Lessard	....	editorial coordinator

Music Department
François Arbour	....	music mixer
Brian Bacon	....	musician: alto
Jacques Beaudoin	....	musician: double bass
Kathy Chasles Belec	....	string recording assistant
Jean-Marie Benoît	....	conductor
Jean-Marie Benoît	....	musician: guitars, accordion and bombardon
Jean-Marie Benoît	....	orchestrator
Christopher Best	....	musician: cello
Chantal Boivin	....	musician: alto
Marc Béliveau	....	musician: first violin
Eric Chapell	....	musician: double bass
Marie-Andrée Cheurette	....	musician: second violin
Ann Chow	....	musician: second violin
Jonathan Crow	....	musician: first violin
Marianne Dugal	....	musician: first violin
Sophie Dugas	....	musician: first violin
Philippe Dunnigan	....	musician: first violin
Nicolo Eugelmi	....	musician: alto
Jean Fortin	....	musician: alto
Martin Foster	....	musician: first violin
Marcel Gauthier	....	music copyist: Notason
Wilma Hos	....	musician: alto
Eugène Husaruk	....	musician: first violin
Vanessa Husaruk	....	musician: first violin
Ramsey Husser	....	musician: first violin
Johannes Jansonius	....	musician: second violin
Reynald L'Archevêque	....	musician: double bass
Marie Lacasse	....	musician: first violin
Sylvie Lambert	....	musician: cello
Alain Leblanc	....	string recording consultant
Jean-Marc Leblanc	....	musician: first violin
Isabelle Lessard	....	musician: second violin
Alison Mah-Poy	....	musician: second violin
Brian Manker	....	musician: cello
Katherine Manker	....	musician: first violin
Lindsey Meagher	....	musician: double bass
Sylvain Murray	....	musician: cello
Katherine Palyga	....	musician: second violin
Peter Parthun	....	musician: cello
Monique Poitras	....	musician: second violin
Véronique Poivin	....	musician: alto
Susan Pulliam	....	musician: first violin
David Quinn	....	musician: alto
Natalie Racine	....	musician: alto
Molly Read	....	musician: cello
Viviane Roberge	....	musician: second violin
Bertrand Robin	....	musician: alto
Brian Robinson	....	musician: double bass
Brigitte Rolland	....	musician: second violin
Gary Russell	....	musician: cello
Edward Wingell	....	musician: double bass
David Woodwater	....	string recording assistant
Daniel Yakymyshn	....	musician: second violin

Transportation Department
Audrey Beuzet	....	driver
Wilson Evans	....	driver
Kim Gendron	....	driver
Benoît Houle	....	driver
Pierre Lussier	....	driver
Andy Ransoon	....	taxi boat driver

Other crew
Lynn Anderson	....	additional assistant
Suzette Aranda	....	assistant caterer
Sébastien Authier	....	assistant accountant
Charles Barbeau	....	additional music copyist: Outreson
Louise Bedard	....	location manager (as Louise Bédard)
Steeve Bouchard	....	production accountant
Claude Brunet	....	production coordinator
Dominique Brunet	....	assistant to producers
Maxime Cantin	....	production assistant
Sylvie Champagne	....	production administrator
Martin Couture	....	production assistant
Eric Cox	....	additional assistant
July Côté	....	production assistant
Lise Dagenais	....	title designer
Normand Demers	....	security
Pierre Demers	....	security
Judith Dubeau	....	publicist
Pierre Duceppe	....	administrator
Isabelle Dupuis	....	image consultant
Jean-Guy Gagné	....	laboratory chief
Monique Gervais	....	script supervisor
Robert Gray	....	subtitler
Diane Grenier	....	librarian
Brigitte Henry	....	assistant location manager
Alain Lacombe	....	caterer
Sylvie Lacoste	....	production assistant
Robert Lacoursière	....	security
Yvon Leblanc	....	production assistant
Daniel Lord	....	video transfer
Brigitte Lévesque	....	location manager
Emilie Maison	....	press attache france
Serge Nadeau	....	director of services
Conrad Perrault	....	image consultant
Marc Salouze	....	project manager
Louis-Charles Sarrazin	....	assistant location manager
Annie Simard	....	assistant accountant
Henry Welsh	....	publicist

Thanks
Gilles Courteau	....	special thanks
Suzanne Laverdière	....	special thanks
Larry Ransom	....	special thanks
Paul Roussell	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (participation)
• Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision (participation)
• Fonds de télévision et de câblodistribution pour la porduction d'émissions canadiennes (participation)
• Max Films Productions
• Movie Picture, The (participation)
• Musique Plus (participation)
• Radio Canada Télévision (participation)
• Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (participation)
• Super Écran (participation)
• Téléfilm Canada (participation)

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2005) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Crest International (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Happinet Corporation (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Max Films International (2003) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Wellspring Media (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Dogwoof Pictures (2005) (UK) (all media)
• EuroVideo (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (France)
• Gaumont Home Vidéo (200?) (France) (DVD)
• Vivafilm

Special Effects

• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Ateliers Grand Cirque Inc.  props
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• G. I. D. C. Mécatina  special thanks
• Génératrices Star  generators
• Ixion Communications  publicity
• Kodak Canada  film stock
• Ligue de Hockey Junior du Québec  special thanks
• Location Michel Trudel Inc.  camera and lighting equipment
• Location Michel Trudel Inc.  camera equipment
• Machinéma  grip provided by
• Marko Audio Post-Production  music mixing studio
• Modulations  sound editing
• National Bank of Canada  banking services
• Population of Harrington Harbor, The  special thanks
• Production Vincenti  props
• Sennheiser  M-150 mikes courtesy of
• Services Créatifs  sound post-production
• Société Radio-Canada  film score recording
• Splice Postproduction  picture editorial services
• Splice  editorial facilities
• Squat / JMB  music publisher
• Studio 12  film score recording
• Studio du Sanctuaire  film score recording
• Taillefer Desjardins  insurance
• Technicolor  laboratory services
• VDM  subtitles

Also Known As:

"La grande séduction" - Canada (original title)
"Seducing Dr. Lewis" - International (English title) (poster title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Québec) | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:12A | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Fox Island, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

Company:

Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)

Trivia:

Harrington Harbour, where the film was made, is actually an English-speaking village, settled originally by people from Newfoundland.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the men come up to the top of the hill, the cricket pitch that Steve has laid out is horribly crooked, but when they begin to practice, it is perfectly straight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in JCVD (2008)

Highly recommended

What a pleasure to see a film like this from Canada! With our penchant for serious, naval gazing, "deep", issue-laden movies, it is so refreshing to find a solid story with solid characters that is entertaining, creative and unexpected. Along with Les Invasions Barbares, this is a banner year for Canada!

Hopefully La Grand Seduction will be our "Waking Ned Devine" or "Full Monty"...a breakout film that will be received and recognized around the world. It is a long time since I've had tears in my eyes from laughing in a film. It is true that the sudden turn of events at the very end of the film is a little forced, but the rest of the film is so great that it is easily forgiven.

I definitely recommend catching this one in theatres soon!