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Robert Bresson trained as a painter before moving into films as a screenwriter, making a short film (atypically a comedy), Public Affairs (1934) in 1934. After spending more than a year as a German POW during World War II, he made his debut with Angels of Sin (1943) in 1943. His next film, The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945) would be the last time he would work with professional actors. From Journal d'un cure de campagne (1951) (aka "Diary of a Country Priest") onwards, he created a unique minimalist style in which all but the barest essentials are omitted from the film (often, crucial details are only given in the soundtrack), with the actors (he calls them "models") giving deliberately flat, expressionless performances. It's a demanding and difficult, intensely personal style, which means that his films never achieved great popularity (it was rare for him to make more than one film every five years), but he has a fanatical following among critics, who rate him as one of the greatest artists in the history of the cinema. He retired in the 1980s, after failing to raise the money for a long-planned adaptation of the Book of Genesis.- Actor
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Dany Papineau was born in Bromont, south of Montreal, in 1974, into a French-speaking family. Shy as a kid, he discovered acting only at the age of 18. At the time he was studying civil engineering.
At the age of 21, Dany went to work on a ranch in Alberta for the summer in order to improve his English. Amazed by the beauty of the Rockies, he bought his first video camera to share his experience of the West with his family back home. He then went traveling for two years, exploring throughout North America, and never returned to his civil engineering studies.
Instead, Dany returned to Montreal and took up various jobs on film sets. His English was so much improved that his acting coach referred him to several casting agencies. He soon landed occasional English-language parts as he continued his studies at the Montreal Actors' Studio.
In 2000, Dany moved back west to Vancouver, where he studied acting at the Vancouver Film School. He graduated in 2001. As digital technology opened new possibilities for independent filmmakers, Dany acted, filmed, produced, edited, and provided technical support for Vancouver's independent filmmaking scene, including, the "24 Hour Film Contest," the "Reel Fast 48 Hour Film Festival," and the "Crazy 8's."
This diverse training experience encouraged Dany to undertake his own film project. In 2003, the Canadian National Film Board accepted his proposal and provided a grant to realize his film "2 Frogs in the West," a 21 minute short film which follows a young French-Canadian girl as she discovers the West for the first time.
"2 Frogs" has been shown in several film festivals. While continuing his acting career, Dany Papineau is now working on his next project: the feature film version of "2 Frogs in the West."