Isabelle Giroux

Isabelle Giroux

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Isabelle Giroux

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Jour de merde
North of Albany
Julianna
Annie frantically flees Montreal for the US with her young son, Felix and teenage daughter, Sarah, fearing the repercussions after Sarah severely injures her school bully. When their car breaks down just outside a small town in the Adirondacks, the family is stranded. Paul, a single father and the town's lone mechanic, isn't able to fix the car until the following week. Annie's stubborn insistence to leave town at all costs comes head-to-head with Paul's unwillingness to give in. When Sarah realizes that her secret is out in the open, she runs away, forcing Annie and Paul to join forces to find her. When Paul's traumatic past is revealed, Annie realizes that she is not the only one running and comes to terms with facing the music.
Une révision
Gabrielle Lessard
A professor of philosophy teaches lessons to his awakened students. One day, one of his students decides to put his lessons into practice, and she goes on a journey that shakes her deepest convictions.
Letter to My Brother
Director
Ben wanders around the tourist attractions in Geneva, guided by his sister's voice. A wannabe homage to Benoît Giroux (1981-2019).
The Decline
Hélène
Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the disaster they will experience will not be the one they predicted.
We Had It Coming
Anna looks for revenge against a pimp for her young sister death's while working out a complicated relationship with her lover.
F***
Her
A Millennial Man and a Millennial Woman attempt to have Millennial Sex.
You Don't Know Me
Director
An American couple argues while traveling through rural Quebec. Then they find real trouble.
Terror on Campus
Pamela
A masked wrestler, The Golden Angel, must defend his beloved against the evil mutant professor.
Rosalie
Rosalie
Rosalie's door closes roughly. Her boyfriend Jimmy, a street musician, has just decided to break up with her. For an hour and a half, Rosalie will go through all kind of moods and sink into a destructive madness, while recalling the memorable moments of her story. The film is a deconstruction of the romantic comedy genre and its way of portraying love.
Montréal Dead End
Alice
A fantasy anthology of 15 segments each dealing with a specific neighbourhood of Montreal and its signature idiosyncrasies. This terrifying tour-of-the-town captures neighbourhoods, buildings and iconic locations from North America's Amsterdam, shedding the straightforward storyline for a narrative melting-pot filled with demons, shadowy humanoids and disgusting otherworldly beings.
Adrift
Owl You Need Is Love
Mélodie
Rocky is a discreet man. He is happy but exists in anyone's eyes. One evening in returning home, he discovered an owl "Grand Duke "on his couch that fixed intently. He understands that he must act. The next day arrived his office, he takes an owl costume without that nobody pays any attention. Until the day he encounters a panda ...
Pool
Speech Therapist
POOL follows the story of Willem, a young man from Norway, on the dawn of an existential quest. Willem suffers from selective mutism, a form of social anxiety. Isolated, he spends his days commenting on the world without ever engaging with it. A series of strange encounters will take him on a contemplative journey through uncertainty and the human mind.
Marche avec moi
In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-american man searching for the house of the book Bonheur d'occasion, written by Gabrielle Roy.
Cheval
The Table
A man goes to a potential employer's house one evening, only to find out that the job started as soon as he got in the house.
Roméo Onze
Girl at cash
Rami, a young man who lives with his Lebanese family in Montreal, walks with a debilitating limp. His controlling father, Ziad, insists on making Rami's choices for him. Ziad wants Rami to enroll in business school, but Rami, who is lonely and a bit of a dreamer, doesn't have his heart in it. When a young woman Rami's met online suggests they meet in person, he hatches a plan to pass himself off as Romeo, the businessman persona he assumes online.
Night Moves
Abigail
Ethan is a hardcore alcoholic due to the fact that his wife has left him. One night, in desperation, he calls a fantasy escort company. The girl who is sent over happens to be a real vampire. The two end up forming a strong connection with each other.