The Mysterious Miss C.

The Mysterious Miss C.
FrenchLa Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C.
Directed byRichard Ciupka
Written byDominique Demers
Produced byJacques Bonin
Claude Veillet
StarringMarie-Chantal Perron
Gildor Roy
CinematographySteve Danyluk
Edited byJean-François Bergeron
Music byAudio Z
Gaëtan Gravel
Serge LaForest
Production
companies
Christal Films
Les Films Vision 4
Distributed byChrisal Films
Release date
  • March 27, 2002 (2002-03-27)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Box office$816,407[1]

The Mysterious Miss C. (French: La mystérieuse Mademoiselle C.) is a Canadian children's fantasy-comedy film, directed by Richard Ciupka and released in 2002.[2] The film stars Marie-Chantal Perron as Mademoiselle Charlotte, a quirky supply teacher who transforms the lives of a struggling class of elementary students.[3] The film was adapted from the "Mlle. Charlotte" series of children's novels by Dominique Demers.[3] The film was the sixth highest-grossing Canadian film of 2002.[4]

Demers received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 23rd Genie Awards.[5] Perron received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress, and Jean-François Bergeron was nominated for Best Editing, at the 5th Jutra Awards.[6]

A sequel film, The Incomparable Miss C. (L'incomparable Mademoiselle C.), was released in 2004.

  1. ^ "Limited-release winners at the B.O.". Variety. July 29, 2002. p. A14.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C., La – Film de Richard Ciupka". Films du Québec, February 2, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Juliette Ruer, "La Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C. : Les enfants sages". Voir, March 27, 2002.
  4. ^ Wyndham Wise, "Take One's 2002 survey of Canadian cinema". Take One, Vol. 11, Iss. 41 (Mar-May 2003. pp. 50-51.
  5. ^ "2003 Genie Awards nominees". Playback, December 19, 2002.
  6. ^ John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003.