Continental, Silk score at Quebec's Jutra film awards

Two films dominated Quebec's Jutra Awards on Sunday night, with the drama Continental, un film sans fusil and period romance Silk scooping four trophies each at the 10th annual gala.

Critical and festival favourite Continental was the evening's major winner, picking up the coveted best picture honour.

Filmmaker Stphane Lafleur's feature film debut also scored him a pair of trophies: best director and best screenplay. The movie's final win came in the best supporting actor category for Ral Boss.

Silk, filmmaker Franois Girard's first film since 1998's acclaimed The Red Violin, scored a quartet of largely technical honours: cinematography, art direction, costumes and sound.

Quebec superstar Roy Dupuis won the best actor Jutra for his turn as retired general Romo Dallaire in the Rwandan genocide drama Shake Hands with the Devil.

An emotional Dupuis dedicated his trophy to his mother, who passed away recently, as well as to the people of Rwanda and Dallaire.

Guylaine Tremblay won the best actress honour for her starring role in Contre toute esprance as a woman whose life begins to fall apart when she loses her job because of corporate downsizing and her husband falls seriously ill.

The best supporting actress trophy went to Laurence Leboeuf for her portrayal of a troubled young stripper in Ma fille, mon ange.

Other winners included:

• Best makeup: Diane Simard, L'ge des tnbres (Days of Darkness).
• Best documentary: Le Peuple invisible.
• Best music: Catherine Major, Le Ring.
• Best animated film: Isabelle au bois dormant.

Comedy-drama Les 3 p'tits cochons (The 3 Little Pigs ) was all but shut out at the Montreal gala, starting the night with13 nominations but ending up with just one win: the Billet d'or (Golden ticket) trophy given to the most successful domestic film at the Quebec box office. It rang up ticket sales of about $4.5 million in 2007.

The movie actor and comedian Patrick Huard's directorial debut won a similar honour at English Canada's Genie Awards last week.

Organizers also paid tribute to filmmaker Jean-Claude Labrecque for his career, which has spanned more than 40 years.