Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor

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! style="width:19%;"| Nominee

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| Gratien Gélinas

| Red

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| Danny Freedman

| Fortune and Men's Eyes

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| Donald Pilon

| The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette)

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| Willie Lamothe

| The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron)

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| Henry Beckman

| Why Rock the Boat?

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| Frank Moore

| The Far Shore

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| Jean Lapointe

| One Man

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| Henry Beckman

| Blood and Guts

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| I, Maureen

| rowspan=2| "Four films nominated for Etrogs". The Globe and Mail, August 24, 1978.

| I, Maureen

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| Gordon Pinsent

| Jack London's Klondike Fever

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| Meatballs

| rowspan=5| Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.

| Running

| Meatballs

| Agency

| The Brood

| Germain Houde

| Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras)

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| Suzanne

| rowspan=4| Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.

| The Hounds of Notre Dame

| Atlantic City, U.S.A.

| Tribute

| Saul Rubinek

| Ticket to Heaven

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| The Amateur

| rowspan=4| Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.

| The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)

| Scanners

| Ticket to Heaven

| R. H. Thomson

| If You Could See What I Hear

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| The Man in 5A

| rowspan=4| Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.

| Porky's

| The Grey Fox

| The Grey Fox

| Michael Zelniker

| The Terry Fox Story

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| Videodrome

| rowspan=4| Jay Scott, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1984.

| Maria Chapdelaine

| Videodrome

| Tell Me That You Love Me

| Alan Scarfe

| The Bay Boy

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| My Kind of Town

| rowspan=4| Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.

| The Bay Boy

| The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)

| Unfinished Business

| Alan Arkin

| Joshua Then and Now

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| My American Cousin

| rowspan=4| "Scorecard of major nominees for tonight's Genie Awards on TV". Toronto Star, March 20, 1986.

| Overnight

| 90 Days

| The Boy in Blue

| Gabriel Arcand

| The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)

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| Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)

| rowspan=4| John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.

| John and the Missus

| Loyalties

| The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)

| Germain Houde

| Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit)

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| Family Viewing

| rowspan=4| Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.

| Life Classes

| Concrete Angels

| Blue City Slammers

| Rémy Girard

| The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)

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| Iron Eagle II

| rowspan=3| {{cite magazine |date=February–March 1989 |title=Genie Award Nominees 1989 |magazine=Cinema Canada |pages=27–35}}

| Something About Love

| Buying Time

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! style="width:19%;"| Nominee

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! style="width:2%;"| Ref

| Rémy Girard

| Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)

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| Roadkill

| rowspan=4| "Bye Bye Blues in running for Genie Awards". Vancouver Sun, February 14, 1990.

| Bye Bye Blues

| Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)

| Bye Bye Blues

| August Schellenberg

| Black Robe

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| Diplomatic Immunity

| rowspan=4| Craig MacInnis, "Too many jokers, not enough aces: Genie deck stacked for Black Robe". Toronto Star, November 24, 1991.

| The Party (Le Party)

| Diplomatic Immunity

| Falling Over Backwards

| Michael Hogan

| Solitaire

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| Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur)

| rowspan=4| "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.

| The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine)

| Oh, What a Night

| Oh, What a Night

| Kevin Tighe

| I Love a Man in Uniform

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| Harmony Cats

| rowspan=4| "Genie nominations". Calgary Herald, October 20, 1993.

| La Florida

| The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles)

| Impolite

| Don McKellar

| Exotica

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| Love and Human Remains

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1994/11/07/3898-19941107/ |title=The 1994 Genie nominees |date=November 7, 1994 |work=Playback}}

| For the Moment

| Double Happiness

| My Friend Max (Mon amie Max)

| Kenneth Welsh

| Margaret's Museum

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| Eldorado

| rowspan=4| "Nominees for the 1995 Genie Awards". Canadian Press, November 7, 1995.

| When Night Is Falling

| Rude

| Black List (Liste noire)

| Peter Donaldson

| Long Day's Journey into Night

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| Lilies

| rowspan=5| "Over-the-edge Canadian films poised for Genie nod". Canadian Press, November 24, 1996.

| Rowing Through

| Swann

| Screamers

| Peter MacNeill

| The Hanging Garden

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| The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)

| rowspan=3| {{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1997/11/17/19832-19971117/ |title=The 1997 Genie Awards |date=November 17, 1997 |work=Playback}}

| Shoemaker

| The Sweet Hereafter

| Callum Keith Rennie

| Last Night

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| Such a Long Journey

| rowspan=4| "Two films lead Genie pack". Waterloo Region Record, December 8, 1998.

| Pale Saints

| Pale Saints

| Rupert's Land

| Mark McKinney

| Dog Park

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| The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde)

| rowspan=4| {{cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=December 13, 1999 |title=Genies bottle 'Sunshine,' 'Journey' for kudo noms |magazine=Variety |volume=377 |issue=5 |page=8}}

| Sunshine

| Sunshine

| Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver)

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! style="width:19%;"| Film

! style="width:2%;"| Ref

| Martin Cummins

| Love Come Down

| "Maelstrom sweeps Genie Awards". Cape Breton Post, January 31, 2001.

| To Walk with Lions

| rowspan=4| {{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |title=Maelstrom storms the Genies |last=Lacey |first=Liam |date=December 13, 2000 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211211651/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| New Waterford Girl

| Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour)

| Maelström

| Vincent Gale

| Last Wedding

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/inuit-film-earns-top-honours-at-genie-awards-1.345666 |title=Inuit film earns top honours at Genie Awards |date=February 8, 2002 |work=CBC News}}

| The War Bride

| rowspan=5| "Atanarjuat and The War Bride share lead for Genie Awards". Guelph Mercury, December 15, 2001.

| The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)

| The Claim

| Last Wedding

| Elias Koteas

| Ararat

| {{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/egoyans-ararat-named-best-film-takes-5-awards-at-the-genies/article1010681/ |title=Egoyan's Ararat named best film, takes 5 awards at the Genies |last=McKay |first=John |date=February 14, 2003 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201144140/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/egoyans-ararat-named-best-film-takes-5-awards-at-the-genies/article1010681/ |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=live }}

| Bollywood/Hollywood

| rowspan=4| "Egoyan's Ararat scoops nine Gemini nominations". Timmins Daily Press, December 12, 2002.

| Inside (Histoire de pen)

| Turning Paige

| The Marsh (Le Marais)

| Stéphane Rousseau

| The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/barbarian-invasions-is-gem-of-genies/article1136905/ |title=Barbarian Invasions is gem of Genies |last=The Canadian Press |author-link=The Canadian Press |date=May 2, 2004 |work=The Globe and Mail}}

| Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction)

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web |url=http://oldads.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20040329/genlist.html?print=yes |title=Genie countdown: Who will get the nod? |last=Staff |date=March 29, 2004 |work=Playback |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419220148/http://oldads.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20040329/genlist.html?print=yes |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

| Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)

| The Wild Dogs

| Blizzard

| Jean Lapointe

| The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel)

| Peter Howell, "Quebec films rule Genies; Aging Triplets named country's best film of 2004". Toronto Star, March 22, 2005.

| Twist

| rowspan=4| "Being Julia up for best picture at Canada's Genies". St. Catharines Standard, February 9, 2005.

| Sugar

| Being Julia

| Touch of Pink

| Denis Bernard

| Audition (L'Audition)

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/jean-marc-vallees-crazy-wins-big-at-2006-genie-awards/article20409646/ |title=Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. wins big at 2006 Genie awards |last=McKay |first=John |date=March 13, 2006 |work=The Globe and Mail}}

| Aurore

| rowspan=4| Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006.

| Saint Ralph

| Saint Ralph

| Hank Williams First Nation

| Stephen McHattie

| The Rocket (Maurice Richard)

| Jay Stone, "Bon Cop, Bad Cop wins top Genie as best movie". Ottawa Citizen, February 14, 2007.

| Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

| rowspan=4| Randall King, "The Rocket scores with 13 Genie nominations". Winnipeg Free Press, January 10, 2007.

| Whole New Thing

| Eve and the Fire Horse

| The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance)

| Armin Mueller-Stahl

| Eastern Promises

| Mark Medley, "Away From Her scoops six Genies, including best picture". Alaska Highway News, March 5, 2008.

| Poor Boy's Game

| rowspan=4| Bruce Kirkland, "They dream of Genies; Canadian directors see films scoop 12 noms each". Winnipeg Sun, January 29, 2008.

| The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)

| Shake Hands With the Devil

| Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)

| Callum Keith Rennie

| Normal

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/passchendaele-necessities-of-life-dominate-genie-awards-1.778921 |title=Passchendaele, Necessities of Life dominate Genie Awards |date=April 4, 2009 |work=CBC News}}

| Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2009/04/03/genie-2009-ca-interesse-t-i-quelquun/ |title=Génie 2009 : Ça Intéresse-T-I Quelqu'un ? |last=Dumais |first=Manon |date=April 3, 2009 |work=Voir}}

| Le Banquet

| Fugitive Pieces

| Emotional Arithmetic

| Maxim Gaudette

| Polytechnique

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2010/04/12/polytechnique_sweeps_genie_awards.html |title=Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards |last=Howell |first=Peter |work=Toronto Star |date=April 12, 2010}}

| Father and Guns (De père en flic)

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2010/03/01/genie-20100301/ |title=Polytechnique leads Genie race |last=Strauss |first=Marise |date=March 1, 2010 |work=Playback}}

| Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day

| Father and Guns (De père en flic)

| Adoration

! style="width:8%;"| Year

! style="width:19%;"| Nominee

! style="width:19%;"| Film

! style="width:2%;"| Ref

| Dustin Hoffman

| Barney's Version

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/incendies-barney-s-version-dominate-genies-1.1078773 |title=Incendies, Barney's Version dominate Genies |date=March 10, 2011 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815093108/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/incendies-barney-s-version-dominate-genies-1.1078773 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| 10½

| rowspan=4| Cassandra Szklarski, "Genie nominations offer a look at the diversity of Canadian film". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, March 9, 2011.

| Route 132

| Gunless

| High Life

| Viggo Mortensen

| A Dangerous Method

| {{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/authors/brian-d-johnson/monsieur-lazhar-sweeps-the-genies/ | title=Monsieur Lazhar sweeps the Genies | last=Johnson |first=Brian D. |author-link=Brian D. Johnson |date=March 8, 2012 |work=Maclean's}}

| Starbuck

| rowspan=4| Katherine Monk, "Who's afraid of Canadian film?; Genies aside, turns out we are". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 6, 2012.

| Citizen Gangster

| Café de Flore

| The Bang Bang Club

| Serge Kanyinda

| War Witch (Rebelle)

| {{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/03/03/canadian_screen_awards_raises_the_star_wattage.html |title=Canadian Screen Awards raises the star wattage |date= March 3, 2013 |work=Toronto Star}}

| Goon

| rowspan=4| "A look at the nominees for the Canadian Screen Awards". Canadian Press, January 15, 2013.

| Goon

| Home Again

| Winnie

| Gordon Pinsent

| The Grand Seduction

| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-awards-2014-orphan-black-gabrielle-win-1.2566059 "Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Orphan Black, Gabrielle win"]. CBC News, March 9, 2014.

| The Art of the Steal

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-screen-awards-orphan-black-less-than-kind-enemy-nominated-1.2494447 |title=Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated |date=January 13, 2014 |work=CBC News}}

| Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)

| Whitewash

| Gabrielle

| John Cusack

| Maps to the Stars

| Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/canadian-screen-awards-mommy-sweeps-778469/ "Canadian Screen Awards: ‘Mommy’ Sweeps, John Cusack Nabs Acting Trophy"]. The Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2015.

| Bang Bang Baby

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1770973/reynolds-pattinson-among-film-nominees-at-canadian-screen-awards/ |title=Reynolds, Pattinson among film nominees at Canadian Screen Awards |work=Global News |date=January 13, 2015}}

| The Valley Below

| You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)

| Maps to the Stars

| Nick Serino

| Sleeping Giant

| Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/room-dominates-canadian-screen-awards-875020/ "‘Room’ Dominates Canadian Screen Awards, Oscar-Winner Brie Larson Named Best Actress"]. The Hollywood Reporter, March 13, 2016.

| Beeba Boys

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-awards-nominees-1.3409072 |title=Canadian Screen Awards 2016 nominations led by Room, Schitt's Creek, Orphan Black |last=Wong |first=Jessica |date=January 19, 2016 |work=CBC News}}

| My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t'en-guerre)

| Ville-Marie

| Corbo

| Vincent Cassel

| It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)

| Johanna Schneller, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/03/13/a-star-system-is-born-at-canadian-screen-awards.html "A star system is born at Canadian Screen Awards"]. Toronto Star, March 13, 2017.

| The Other Half

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ |title=2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed |last=Furdyk |first=Brent |work=Global News |date=January 17, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}

| Riverhead

| Before the Streets (Avant les rues)

| Kidnap Capital

| Ethan Hawke

| Maudie

| Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/03/12/news/maudie-wins-leading-seven-trophies-canadian-screen-awards "'Maudie' wins leading seven trophies at Canadian Screen Awards"]. National Observer, March 12, 2018.

| All You Can Eat Buddha

| rowspan=4| Jordan Pinto, [https://playbackonline.ca/2018/01/16/csas-18-never-steady-never-still-ava-top-csa-film-noms/ "CSAs ’18: Never Steady Never Still, Ava top CSA film noms"]. Playback, January 16, 2018.

| Boost

| Indian Horse

| Iqaluit

| Richard Clarkin

| The Drawer Boy

| Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/03/31/csas-19-the-great-darkened-days-leads-film-winners-in-cinematic-arts-gala/ "CSAs ‘19: The Great Darkened Days leads film winners in Cinematic Arts gala"]. Playback, March 31, 2019.

| Genesis (Genèse)

| rowspan=4| Sarah-Ann Mrazek, [https://fashionmagazine.com/flare/celebrity/2019-canadian-screen-awards-nominees/ "The 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Have Been Announced"]. Fashion, February 7, 2019.

| With Love (L'Amour)

| Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume)

| A Colony (Une colonie)

| Rémy Girard

| And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)

| Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/the-song-of-names-antigone-lead-final-night-of-canadian-screen-award-winners/ "The Song of Names, Antigone lead final night of Canadian Screen Award winners"]. Broadcast Dialogue, May 28, 2020.

| Kuessipan

| rowspan=4| Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-2020/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show"]. Now, February 18, 2020.

| Anne at 13,000 Ft.

| Disappearance at Clifton Hill

| James vs. His Future Self

! style="width:8%;"| Year

! style="width:19%;"| Nominee

! style="width:19%;"| Film

! style="width:2%;"| Ref

| Colm Feore

| Sugar Daddy

| Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"]. Variety, May 21, 2021.

| Violation

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|title=Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330161247/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2021|date=March 30, 2021|website=ET Canada|author=Brent Furdyk|language=en-US}}

| Come to Daddy

| Akilla's Escape

| Akilla's Escape

| Joshua Odjick

| Wildhood

| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/night-raiders-scarborough-csa-night-five-1.6414141 "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, April 8, 2022.

| Islands

| rowspan=4| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

| Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions)

| Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)

| The Righteous