Alex
En 1988, la ley marcial termina en Taiwán y dos escolares, A-han y Birdy, están a punto de entablar una relación amorosa ilícita después de conocerse en la banda escolar dirigida por un sacerdote canadiense llamado Oliver. Mientras todo el país conmemora al difunto presidente, los dos niños disfrutan de la presencia del otro mientras se despierta el afecto de A-han por Birdy. Sin embargo, la sociedad es homofóbica y la amenaza de violencia y vergüenza social que ejercen los adultos y sus compañeros adolescentes hace que los dos entren en conflicto a medida que se acercan más a representar físicamente sus pasiones mutuas.
Ellis
A dramatization inspired by the real-life events surrounding the recruitment and capture of Ahmed Ressam - aka the "Millennium Bomber". Ressam was convicted of smuggling a bomb into the United States as part of an Al Qaeda plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve, 1999.
Red Cross Worker
En 1945, Jakob Bronski, un joven disidente confinado en Drancy, toma bajo su protección a dos niños, Melanie y Christopher. Cuarenta años después, Melanie averigua que el anciano Jakob, que creía que había sido trasladado a Auschwitz y asesinado, sigue vivo. Inmediatamente lo invita a vivir con ella y su familia en su granja de Canadá. Lo que Melanie no esperaba era que Jakob llegara acompañado de Christopher.
Denis
After abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana cuts every link to her Lebanese ties and never looks back. That is until her daughter, now 21, shows up in Montreal for a visit. This film explores what it means to be free for a woman.
Bel homme
Myriam Monette, a not very conformist and slightly whimsical Miss Weatherwoman, is now forty years old, has a new boyfriend and a new mandate at Channel Météo (also called Channel M). On the surface, nothing has changed. In reality, nothing is the same anymore. Like a green lawn on a summer day suddenly covered in snow, Myriam went to bed a confirmed single “adulteen” and woke up in love, living with someone else and undergoing major changes.
French Police Captain
Frank Abagnale Jr. trabajó como médico, abogado y copiloto de una de las grandes líneas aéreas, todo ello antes de cumplir los dieciocho años. También fue un genial falsificador y sus habilidades le otorgaron una plaza en la historia. A la edad de 17 años, Frank Abagnale Jr. se convirtió en el ladrón de bancos de más éxito en la historia de Estados Unidos. El agente del FBI Carl Hanratty dedicó la mayor parte de su tiempo a perseguir a Frank para llevarle ante la justicia, pero Frank siempre estaba un paso por delante, retándole a continuar la caza.
Jacques
Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet Ariane, to the consternation of Ariane’s father, David. Although he appears to be a model father, David is in fact obsessed by the need to protect his daughter. As such, he tries – unsuccessfully – to prevent Ariane from coming under Catherine’s bad influence. Ariane takes up smoking, starts telling lies, and begins to explore her sexuality. While Catherine’s mother attempts to seduce the handsome, and single, David, he sets a trap for Catherine. For Catherine, living dangerously is no longer a game, and she has to summon all her strengths in order to survive.
René Juneau
Roch, preside una extraña comuna que incluye sus ocho esposas y sus veintiséis hijos. Una trabajadora social visita la comuna y a primera vista todo parece ir bien, pero su intuición detecta desesperación y tristeza entre las esposas. Su intuición, le lleva a investigar más y descubre un niño muerto, extraños rituales que acontecen e impactantes abusos físicos y mentales. Con decisión y aun a riesgo de su vida, está decidida a liberar a los miembros de la comuna de la tiranía de Roch. Pero la asombrosa habilidad de Roch, para manipular a la gente y al sistema, incluyendo los investigadores del juzgado, le llevará a una situación límite.
Jean-Joseph Girouard
In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels rot in prison. The morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang learn that they will be hung in 24 hours, with three other comrades. While they await their hour of death the condemned spend time and consult with companions and loved ones as well as entrust to those their last wills. At dawn, the five Patriots find the courage to walk with dignity towards the scaffold, knowing that will they die in the name of a just causewww.tribute.ca
The year 1989 marked the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, and a number of filmmakers put together movies intended to celebrate that event. This historical action drama, based on the book Sous le vent de galerne by Andre Guilloteau looks at some of the less well-known and unappealing consequences of the republican takeover. In 1793, the entire region of Vendee rose up in revolt against the republican French government. Instead of bringing relief from the heavy taxation imposed under the monarchy, the republican government actually raised taxes in the region, and to add insult to injury, also imposed a heavy burden of military conscription ("the draft") on it. In the story, the inhabitants of one of the villages of the region organize under their blacksmith and a local nobleman to fight the government forces, but before they can prepare for a proper battle, they are massacred.
