Vanessa Paradis stars in Cafe de Flor, the latest from Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y.). Photograph by: Handout
By Katherine Monk,
Postmedia News
The Top 10 films at the Canadian box office last year were all foreign, meaning, not from Canada.
From Harry Potter and The King's Speech to Fast Five and Transformers, the big hits largely responsible for our $1-billion box office came from elsewhere. But that doesn't mean we've failed on the film score as a nation.
Christopher Plummer crowned the list of Canadian Oscar winners for his performance in Beginners, and Philippe Falardeau's nod for best foreign picture continued a now-two-generation tradition of Quebecois honorees on Hollywood's big night.
Even the numbers looked good. Ken Scott's story of a contrite sperm donor in Starbuck pulled in more than $3.5 million here at home, and, early this year, Goon cross-checked the competition and claimed the top spot among Canadians with a $1.2-million weekend opening.
That's nothing to sneeze at, but as this year's annual celebration of Canadian film steams closer with Thursday's broadcast of the Genie Awards - with Andrea Martin and George Stroumboulopoulos hosting the big fat gala at Toronto's Harbour Castle - it's clear we're still suffering from a curious disease: Canadian-filmophobia.
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