Martin Laroche (director)

Martin Laroche is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2012 film Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains),[2] which received four Jutra Award nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 including a nod for Laroche in the Best Screenplay category.[3]

Originally from Victoriaville, Quebec, he is a film studies graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] He wrote and directed his debut feature film, La logique du remords, in 2007, and followed up with Modernaire in 2009.[1]

Since Fair Sex, he has also directed the films Tadoussac in 2017[4] and Laughter (Le Rire) in 2020.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Normand Provencher, "Les manèges humains: carrousel d'émotions". Le Soleil, July 1, 2012.
  2. ^ Manon Dumais, "Martin Laroche et Marie-Evelyne Lessard / Les manèges humains : La cicatrice". Voir, February 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Odile Tremblay, "Domination musclée de Louis Cyr aux nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Tadoussac: quête viscérale". La Presse, December 1, 2017.
  5. ^ André Duchesne, "Le rire : de quoi pleurer". La Presse, January 31, 2020.