Paul Cormier
Acting
Biography
Paul Cormier (10 May 1922 – 7 June 2006) was a violinist from Quebec, Canada, known by his stage name Monsieur Pointu. Cormier was born in Les Escoumins, North Shore, Quebec, into a family of traveling musicians. He began learning to play the fiddle at the age of nine. He served in the military during World War II. As a young man, Cormier played violin on CBJ radio in Chicoutimi, and later in dance clubs and hotels in Montreal. He performed with musicians Willie Lamothe, Marcel Martel, Roger Miron, and Paul Brunelle, and also as an opening solo act at concerts. In the 1970s he toured in Europe and Africa with singer Gilbert Bécaud, taking on the stage name Monsieur Pointu, and also hosted a television folk music series on Télé-Métropole. Cormier played the sound track for an animated film about his music, Monsieur Pointu, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976. In 1977 he performed at the Fete Nationale in Montreal's Olympic Stadium to a crowd of 40,000. Cormier died June 6, 2006 in Blainville, Quebec. After his death, Cormier's violin was donated to the Jules Saint-Michel violin museum. Source: Article "Monsieur Pointu" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Le Grand Échiquier
At the turn of the century, Rose-Aimée, the hard working wife of photographer J.A. Martin, decides to leave her children with an aunt to go with him on his annual tour of the Québec countryside. She hopes the intimacy will rekindle their marriage.
J.A. Martin Photographer
Animated short film made in pixilation. The film tells the amusing story of an attempt at seduction that is certainly out of the ordinary.
Chérie, ôte tes raquettes
Monsieur Pointu would like to play his fiddle. But the fiddle has other ideas.