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North Station (film)
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'North Station' is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 2002.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/station-nord-jean-claude-lord/ "Station Nord Film de Jean-Claude Lord"]. 'Films du Qubec', June 11, 2009.
The film is set in the town of North Station, where children's letters to Santa Claus (Benot Brire) were delivered for many years and answered by a local family; after the death of his grandfather, Samuel (Xavier Morin-Lefort) and his girlfriend velyne (Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau) decide to carry on the tradition, but Samuel goes missing and is presumed dead after trying to deliver the letters in a snowstorm, when in fact he has been saved and taken to Santa's workshop at the North Pole. When a letter arrives fifty years later from Satia, the granddaughter of velyne (Rene Claude), requesting Santa's help in curing velyne of cancer, Samuel becomes motivated to go out to reunite with his lost love.[https://playbackonline.ca/2001/07/23/que-20010723/ "Lord directs HD family fantasy Station Nord"]. 'Playback', July 23, 2001.
The cast also includes Lansana Kourouma, Catherine Florent, Genevieve Dry, Nathalie Simard, Gaston Lepage and Louis-Georges Girard.
The film was released in theatres on November 11, 2002.
The film received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Art Direction at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003.Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/19248/dix-nominations-seraphin-domine-la-course-aux-jutra "Dix nominations - Sraphin domine la course aux Jutra"]. 'Le Devoir', January 29, 2003.
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