This tribute to Quebec director and producer Marcel Simard, who was found dead on March 6, describes his passion for his art and his contributions to Canadian cinema.
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Marcel Simard: A tragic loss for Quebec cinema
The article below is a tribute to Marcel Simard, a central figure in Quebec cinema who is barely known in English Canada. Last Saturday, Marcel committed suicide after a long depression. His death is a terrible loss to cinema throughout Canada because, as his friend Marquise Lepage says in the extraordinary piece below, he made provocative films often about the people society prefers not to see.
