André Melançon
1942 - 2016Partis pour la gloire
Clément Perron
Serge L'Italien, Rachel Cailhier
In 1942 even after a formal promise from the Liberal Party of Canada in the last election: "Never the Conscription", the Canadian Government vote a Conscription Law. In Quebec where the French population was mostly unanimous against the obligation to go to war, seen as a Great-Britain Government request, many young men fled to the woods or in clandestineness.
Partis pour la gloire
Les vrais perdants
André Melançon
Les Vrais Perdants examines the subject of childhood education within the context of our competition-driven society. As they help children develop their talents, whether those be in hockey, gymnastics or piano, aren’t parents and coaches really seeking, consciously or unconsciously, to satisfy their own needs and fulfill their own dreams? The children might have something to say about that...
Les vrais perdants
The Dog Who Stopped the War
André Melançon
Cédric Jourde, Marie-Pierre A. D'Amour
During Christmas' holidays, the children of a village split in two gang to play a snowball war. But that half-tone war scattered some bitterness and make more difficult the mutual attirance between Luc, the chief of the assailant and Sophie one leader of the snow castle defenders.
The Dog who Stopped the War
The Dark Side of the Heart
Eliseo Subiela
Darío Grandinetti, Sandra Ballesteros
Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love?
The Dark Side of the Heart
Joyeux Calvaire
Denys Arcand
Lorne Brass, Gaston Lepage
Marcel and Joseph are tireless walkers. Their itinerary is an invitation to discover improbable places and fascinating people. Everlastingly looking for Stanley, Marcel’s only friend, they meet an unlikely crowd of extravagant characters. Each has a story to tell, his hope to share.
Poverty and Other Delights
Le violon de Gaston
André Melançon
Claude Jolicoeur, Monique Larocque
This short fiction film about a young boy torn between conflicting loyalties is resolved with humour and wisdom. Sunday, 2 o'clock, is zero hour for Gaston. He must be in two places at once: performing at a music recital and playing hockey with his teammates. What is Gaston to do?
Gaston's Recital
La gang des hors-la-loi
Jean Beaudry
André Kasper, Guy Thauvette
Nicolas loves baseball. Every day during vacation he and his friends meet at the town’s old baseball field to play their favourite game... Until one infamous day at the start of summer when Nicolas discovers that the gates to the field have been locked and that old boards and assorted junk are strewn across what used to be the baseball diamond. It seems the town council has decided to use the grounds as a dump. The kids are outraged.They decide to contest this decision, to defend their territory.
The Outlaw League
Les Matins infidèles
François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry
Jean Beaudry, Denis Bouchard
Jean-Pierre, a young photograph, takes a photo of the same street corner every morning for an entire year. This is to help a friend with the writing of a novel. But Jean-Pierre is not really respecting the rules of the game...
Unfaithful Mornings
Comme les six doigts de la main
André Melançon
Eric Beauséjour, Philippe Bouchard
A little boy wants to be part of a group of friends who imposes tests before accepting it . Then the band begins to monitor an old man that children take for a spy .
Comme les six doigts de la main
