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File No. 391659 · Adjudicated
Denys Arcand
Director — The Decline of the American Empire, The Barbarian Invasions
Born
1941
Birthplace
DESCHAMBAULT, QUEBEC
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
DESCHAMBAULT, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
The Barbarian Invasions became the first Canadian film to win France's prestigious César Award for Best Film.
The verdict
One of Quebec's greatest auteurs, he made films that put Canadian cinema on the world stage — winning the first-ever foreign language César for The Barbarian Invasions. His work captures the québécois experience so authentically that France itself recognized him as one of their own, eh. Canada claims him with pride, and he's never left.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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