Lyse Lafontaine

Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942 She works at Lyla Films in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She married Stéphane Venne and managed the rock band Offenbach in 1972. She became a stage manager on the 1974 film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, and married her second husband, moving to The Bahamas for two years before returning to Canada. Lafontaine met Lauzon when he was pitching his screenplay for Léolo, which other producers had rejected. winning the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Film. On 1 June 2017 at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards, she was awarded the Iris Hommage for 30 years of contributions to Quebec cinema.

Filmography Her films include:

The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Jesus of Montreal (1989) Léolo (1992) A Sunday in Kigali (2006) Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2009) Barney's Version (2010) Laurence Anyways (2012) Mommy (2014) Love Project (2014) The Passion of Augustine (2015) A Bag of Marbles (2017) Worst Case, We Get Married (2017) The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018) Hotel Silence (2024)