The Ideal Man
FrenchL'Homme idéal
Directed byGeorge Mihalka
Written byDaniaile Jarry
Sylvie Pilon
Produced byDaniaile Jarry
Christian Larouche
StarringMarie-Lise Pilote
Roy Dupuis
CinematographyRodney Gibbons
Edited byFrançois Gill
Music byFrançois Dompierre
Production
companies
Cinépix
Quatrieme Vague
Release date
  • September 27, 1996 (1996-09-27)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Ideal Man (French: L'Homme idéal) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by George Mihalka and released in 1996.[1] The film stars Marie-Lise Pilote as Lucie, a successful magazine editor who feels her biological clock ticking as she has reached the age of 35 without becoming a mother, and sets out on a quest to meet as many men as possible over the next three months in the hopes of finally finding the ideal man to father a child.[2]

The film's cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Linda Sorgini, Pauline Lapointe, Denis Bouchard, Patrice L'Ecuyer, Joe Bocan, Rita Lafontaine, Martin Drainville and Rémy Girard.

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 18th Genie Awards, for Best Original Score (François Dompierre) and Best Original Song (Dompierre and Luc Plamondon for "L'Homme idéal").[3] It won the award for Best Original Song.[4]

References

  1. "Homme idéal, L’ – Film de George Mihalka". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
  2. "Man hunt: Nothing's sacred in smart mating-game farce". Montreal Gazette, September 27, 1996.
  3. "Sweet on The Hereafter; Atom Egoyan movie leads Genie parade". Edmonton Journal, November 5, 1997.
  4. "Hereafter looks sweeter: Atom Egoyan's movie captures eight Genies". Hamilton Spectator, December 15, 1997.
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