Pascal Duquenne
Pascal Duquenne is a Belgian Acteur , born with Vilvorde (Belgium) the August 8th 1970.
Since adolescence, Pascal Duquenne, initiates himself with the performing arts, in particular within the troop of the Créahm (creation and mental handicap) to Brussels with which it takes part in many creations in dance and theater.
It is during one of these spectacles that he is noticed by the realizer Jaco Van Dormael who a few years later, will offer his first roles with the cinema to him.
In 1996, it obtains jointly with Daniel Auteuil, the Price of male interpretation of the Cannes festival for the film the Eighth Day in which it plays the part of a boy who has the Syndrome of Down.
This distinction and the success of film contributes to the modification of the glance related by the company to the world of the handicap and to a better acceptance of the difference. In 2002 is created in Belgium an association, to which belonged Pascal Duquenne, named the 8th day, whose objective is the integration of the people handicapped by the creation of house Community autonomous.
After a round in several countries of Europe with " The Father Christmas sees rouge" , part written and interpreted by four trisomic actors , it takes part in a spectacle of dance, " Field of émotion" presented until the the Antilles.
Catalog of films
- 1995 the eighth day of Jaco Van Dormael
- 1996 Light and company
- 2006 The Room of Gilles Daoust
For television:
Activities with the CREAHM (artistic creations for mentally handicapped persons):
- 2007 Dances with the Golovine theater of Avignon
Simple: Pascal Duquenne
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