# The Orphan Muses > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Orphan_Muses > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Orphan_Muses.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orphan_Muses > Source revision: 1341467020 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2000 Canadian film The Orphan Muses French Les Muses orphelines Directed by Robert Favreau Written by Gilles Desjardins Michel Marc Bouchard (play) Based on Les Muses orphelines by Michel Marc Bouchard Produced by Lyse Lafontaine Pierre Latour Starring Marina Orsini Céline Bonnier Stéphane Demers Fanny Mallette Louise Portal Cinematography Pierre Mignot Edited by Hélène Girard Music by Michel Donato James Gelfand Production company Lyla Films Distributed by Film Tonic Release date November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03) Running time 107 minutes Country Canada Language French ***The Orphan Muses*** ([French](/source/French_language): *Les Muses orphelines*) is a Canadian drama film, directed by [Robert Favreau](/source/Robert_Favreau) and released in 2000.[1] An adaptation of the play by [Michel Marc Bouchard](/source/Michel_Marc_Bouchard), the film stars [Marina Orsini](/source/Marina_Orsini), [Céline Bonnier](/source/C%C3%A9line_Bonnier), [Stéphane Demers](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Demers) and [Fanny Mallette](/source/Fanny_Mallette) as a group of adult siblings dealing with the revelation of a longtime family secret.[2] The Tanguay siblings grew up as orphans, after their father died and their mother ([Louise Portal](/source/Louise_Portal)) ran off with her new lover. Although older siblings Catherine (Orsini), Martine (Bonnier) and Luc (Demers) knew the truth, they conspired to protect their emotionally fragile youngest sister Isabelle (Mallette) by telling her that their mother was dead as well. The film's plot centres on the fallout within the family of the now adult but still emotionally immature Isabelle finally learning the truth that their mother is still alive and simply abandoned them.[1] ## Cast - [Marina Orsini](/source/Marina_Orsini) as Catherine Tanguay - [Céline Bonnier](/source/C%C3%A9line_Bonnier) as Martine Tanguay - [Fanny Mallette](/source/Fanny_Mallette) as Isabelle Tanguay - [Stéphane Demers](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Demers) as Luc Tanguay - [Louise Portal](/source/Louise_Portal) as Jacqueline Tanguay - [Patrick Labbé](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Labb%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1) as Rémi - Eric Hoziel - Paul Dion - Raymond Legault - Louise Proulx - Gilles Cloutier - Nathalie Claude ## Reception The film received four [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nominations at the [21st Genie Awards](/source/21st_Genie_Awards) in 2000: [Best Supporting Actress](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress) (Bonnier), [Best Director](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Direction) (Favreau), [Best Screenplay](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Screenplay) (Bouchard and [Gilles Desjardins](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilles_Desjardins&action=edit&redlink=1)) and [Best Editing](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Editing) ([Hélène Girard](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Girard)).[3] At the [3rd Jutra Awards](/source/3rd_Jutra_Awards) in 2001, the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress (Mallette), Best Director (Favreau), Best Sound, Best Editing and Best Original Music.[4] It won the Jutra for Best Original Music.[5] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tangledweb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tangledweb_1-1) "Oh what tangled webs we weave: One lie changes the lives of four siblings in the film adaptation of Les Muses Orphelines". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, November 3, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "It's hard to care about this tedious family". *[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)*, March 2, 2001. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Maelstrom storms the Genies". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, December 13, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Villeneuve's talking-fish flick leads pack of Quebec film award nominees". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, January 24, 2001. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Maelstrom wins eight Jutra awards at celebration of Quebec cinema". [Canadian Press](/source/Canadian_Press), February 26, 2001. ## External links - [*The Orphan Muses*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226190/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a Canadian film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-Canada-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-Canada-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-Canada-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Orphan Muses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orphan_Muses) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orphan_Muses?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.