Claude Lemieux

La sarrasine

Paul Tana

Tony Nardi, Enrica Maria Modugno

Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.

Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore

Michel Brault

Francis Reddy, David Boutin

In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.

Pour vivre ici

Bernard Émond

Élise Guilbault, Sophie Desmarais

A recent widow living in a small Quebec town goes to Montreal to visit her busy adult son and daughter, and then on a whim decides to travel to the town of her childhood, where she hadn't set foot in decades.

Yellowknife

Rodrigue Jean

Sébastien Huberdeau, Philippe Clément

The film tells the story of three couples on the road between the Atlantic coast and the Northwest Territories in Canada.

Décharge

Benoît Pilon

David Boutin, Isabel Richer

Thanks to his wife Madeleine, a social worker who saved him from the street when he was 17-years-old, Pierre Dalpé has become a prosperous entrepreneur, running a garbage-collection business in the Montreal area. His quiet happiness with his wife and their children changes when he crosses paths with Eve, a teenage drug addict/prostitute who belongs to a street gang. At the risk of destroying everything he’s built up, Pierre decides to make it his mission to help Eve get out of her unhealthy situation before she dies of an overdose, like his sister did. But in doing so, he has to confront his old demons, to Madeleine’s despair, as she feels him slipping farther away from her every day.

Histoire de Pen

Michel Jetté

Emmanuel Auger, Karyne Lemieux

A teenage inmate's boxing skills land him in the middle of a turf war within prison walls.

Pas de répit pour Mélanie

Jean Beaudry

Marie-Stéphane Gaudry, Kesnamelly Neff

Two girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.

Truffe

Kim Nguyen

Céline Bonnier, Roy Dupuis

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles.

Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne

Roger Cantin

Marc Labrèche, Marie-France Monette

Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe

Denys Arcand

Gabriel Arcand, Anne Létourneau

Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background and surrounding can't let him love another woman or divorce from his wife. So Ovide finishes with Marie and plans a trip with Rita hoping for reconciliation. At the last instant he announces to Rita that he can't make the trip. She goes alone. The plane explodes, and Ovide is suspected and arrested for this horrible crime.