Gilles Carle's 1965 comedy-drama "La vie heureuse de Léopold Z (The Merry World of Leopold Z)" helped inaugurate a popular national cinema in Quebec. Michel Brault's 1967 drama "Entre la mer et l'eau douce (Between Salt and Sweet Water)" enjoyed critical success and was screened at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. This film helped launch the career of actress Geneviève Bujold, who would go on to become a major star of Canadian and international films. Paul Almond's 1968 thriller "Isabel", starring Bujold, won four Canadian Film Awards and was among the first Canadian films to be distributed by a major Hollywood studio.