Micheline Marchildon

When Micheline Marchildon heard writer/director Sean Garrity was working on a film combining improvisation and acting, she felt like “it was a message from God” that she should be working on the project. She was thrilled to be able to combine her on-camera experience with her live improvisational skills.

Micheline’s previous feature film credits include The Cock Crew (Virgin of Stamboul Productions), directed by Guy Maddin, The Strike-Out King (Punk Rock Roger Productions), and Picture When (Fulcrum Pictures). For television, Micheline has hosted a season of the wildlife series Unique Au Monde (Les Productions Rivard), performed in an episode of Histoire Max for Ontario’s TFO, and has just completed a season with French CBC Television playing a wacky alien for the children’s show Clan Destin.

Micheline wrote and performed the one-woman sketch comedy hit She’s Got it Sewed Together for the 2000 Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and has performed with Winnipeg theatre groups Les Cercle Moliere, La Ligue d’Improvisation du Manitoba, Heritage Theatre, and Les Chiens de Soleil. If it’s not obvious yet, Micheline performs fluently in French as well as English.

This is Micheline’s first feature-length film, although she hasn’t found it too much of a stretch from her other film roles. “Let’s just say it’s like running cross-country as opposed to sprinting down the block.”

Mongrel Media