Monsieur Lazhar: Extra Attention

Incendies Dept: True, Incendies didn't win the Oscar. And only the voting academy members know how Monsieur Lazhar, which was produced by the same company micro scope , will fare. But this second-in-a-row nomination is bound to draw some extra attention to Montreal's vibrant francophone theatre scene in general, and de la Cheneli re in particular, according to Montreal Gazette. This Governor General's Award-winning playwright for D sordre public, in 2006 seemed remarkably unfazed about this development in her 15-year career when I spoke with her recently in a St. Denis St. restaurant and stage-to-screen adaptations are becoming a must for successful filmmaking in Quebec. Monsieur Lazhar, based on the play Bashir Lazhar by velyne de la Cheneli re, is about to make its way to the Academy Awards as a foreignfilm nominee, the year after Incendies, based on the play of the same name by Wajdi Mouawad, followed the same route. Next week she'll be making her first trip to Los Angeles to attend the Academy Awards on Feb. 26. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.