Normand Daoust
2021
La leçon de musique
Peter Venne
Sébastien Arribas, Rosalie Fortier
Seb, mariachi musician by night and guitar teacher by day, is by all accounts, a failed artist. Like a ghost wandering through his own life, Seb follows outside expectations and comically drifts further away from his dream of becoming a songwriter.
The Music Lesson
Les manèges humains
Martin Laroche
Marie-Evelyne Lessard, Marc-André Brunet
Would-be filmmaker Sophie left Africa for Canada as a child. After graduating, she films the daily doings as part of a summer job at a fair. When pointing the camera at herself, she reveals painful secrets from the past.
Fair Sex
Le rire
Martin Laroche
Léane Labrèche-Dor, Micheline Lanctôt
As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as an orderly, she befriends Jeanne, an erudite and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap. Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, The Laugh presents a humane exploration of the survivor’s syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.
Laughter
Prank
Vincent Biron
Étienne Galloy, Alexandre Lavigne
Stefie, an unremarkable teenage loner, is recruited by Martin, Jean-Sé and Lea to record their daily capers with his cellphone. The four pranksters decide to set up a stunt that go beyond anything they’ve done so far… But this time, who will be the victim? A funny and cruel coming-of-age story about love, friendship, peer pressure and loss of innocence.
Prank
La Mort d'Elvis
Justine Prince
Normand Daoust, Étienne Courville
After losing yet again in an Elvis Presley impersonator competition, Steve and his father decide to steal the winner's costume. The two clash over which one deserves to have it, an argument that will ultimately inspire young Steve to break free from his father's grip. An offbeat and absurd cinematic take on freedom and identity.
Elvis is Dead
