Michel Arcand

Películas

La canción de los nombres olvidados
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En pleno estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el pequeño Dovidl llega a Londres como refugiado judío desde su Polonia natal. Con solo 9 años es un prodigio del violín, lo que propicia su acogida en una destacada familia británica, que le integra como un hijo más y promociona sus estudios musicales.
Une manière de vivre
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Colette's life is shattered when her husband dies in a mysterious road accident. This may bring her closer to her daughter Gabrielle, a young bulimic woman who works as a luxury escort. The latter begins to take a strong interest in Joseph, a Belgian philosophy teacher who is passing through Montreal. She presses him with questions about existence, which scares the specialist from Spinoza, who quickly thinks of going home to find his lover. Except that he is intrigued by this presence and the power it has over him
Spatss!
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This is the story of a man, who on his way home, finds a pair of shoes on a trash can. Once he tries them on, he is no longer the master of his destiny.
Worst Case We Get Married
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Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real kind, the one that hurts. Baz wants to help this lost little girl, but she wants much more from him, and is ready to do anything to get it.
Boundaries
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Emily Price tries to balance family life and leading crunch negotiations between a Canadian politician and the president of a country whose natural resources are being exploited.
Maurice
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Everything would be fine. Maurice had made up his mind. He had made a list: pick a date, announce his retirement, sell the car, see old friends, and empty the garage. Then, die with dignity.
Thrill of the Hills
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In order to to see his idol, Jimi Hendrix, a twelve year old boy attempts a journey from his Quebec village to Woodstock.
Love & Savagery
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In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.
Cruising Bar 2
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Fifteen years later, the heroes from Cruising Bar may hardly have changed but the world around them most certainly has! For the Bull, reality is brutal. His wife of 30 years, sick of his infidelity, decides to show him the door. But the Bull, who has a positive outlook on life, isn't so easily defeated and fights for his survival. The Lion too faces a break-up when his girlfriend leaves. All alone, he's force to relearn the art of seduction. The Peacock, on the other hand, is trying to figure out his sexual identity with the help of a psychologist. As for the Earthworm, his long wait for a soulmate will, at last, be requited.
Shake Hands With the Devil
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Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and is less geared to drama and emotional manipulation, but it is still grim and upsetting.
Roméo et Juliette
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Juliette, 15, is the only child of an eminent judge and has had the best of education in the best of schools. Her father is in the limelight because he’s been chosen to preside over one of the most important trials of the past 10 years: the case of Réal Lamontagne, a notorious criminal accused of killing a child. Roméo, 17, is the son of the accused. Even though they come from diametrically opposed universes, Juliette and Roméo fall for each other.
Ripley Under Ground
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After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.
The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard
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In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his team and the fans. In the face of these doubts, Richard eventually shows the kind of aggressive and skillful play that would make him one of the greatest players of all time as "The Rocket." However for all his success, Richard and his fellow French Canadians face constant discrimination in a league dominated by the English speaking. Although a man of few words, Richard begins to speak his own mind about the injustice which creates a organizational conflict that would culminate in his infamous 1955 season suspension that sparks an ethnic riot in protest. In the face of these challenges, Richard must decide who exactly is he playing for.
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
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A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him dead.
La Mariposa Azul
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Inspirada en un suceso real, "The Blue Butterfly" cuenta la historia de un niño de diez años enfermo terminal cuyo último sueño es atrapar un ejemplar de la más hermosa mariposa del planeta, la mítica y única Blue Morpho. Dicho insecto se encuentra sólo en las selvas tropicales de América Central y del Sur, pero la madre del chico convence a un renombrado entomólogo para que les lleve a un viaje a la jungal y puedan atrapar a la mariposa, comenzando todos un viaje que transformará sus vidas..
El Evangelio según San Juan
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El Evangelio según San Juan es una película épica que narra la vida de Jesús. La película es una adaptación de la palabra de la American Bible Society 's Buena Nueva Biblia . Este largometraje épico de tres horas sigue el Evangelio de Juan con precisión, sin adiciones a la historia de los otros Evangelios ni omisiones de los complejos pasajes del Evangelio.
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
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The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
El sexto día
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Un mundo futuro, utópico, libre de enfermedades, libre del hambre; un mundo donde la clonación es una de las primeras industrias, gracias a la cual, entre otros beneficios, los seres humanos disfrutan de bancos de órganos listos para serles transplantados ante una posible necesidad. Pero hay un límite: se trata de la Ley del Sexto Día, basada en la Biblia, que no permite la clonación humana, es decir, la creación artificial de hombres por el mismo hombre. Pero esa regla va a ser violada por una ambiciosa empresa de genética. El clonado es Adam Gibson, un sencillo padre de familia condecorado en el pasado como piloto de guerra, quien, una noche al regresar a casa del trabajo, se encuentra con que ha sido reemplazado por alguien idéntico a él (su clon). Para que la clonación no se descubra, la empresa deberá eliminar al original.
El arte de la guerra
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Antes de la celebración de una importante conferencia, Neil Shaw, agente del FBI, es acusado del asesinato del embajador chino en las Naciones Unidas. Pero, si Shaw quiere demostrar su inocencia, tendrá que desentrañar la conspiración política que hay detrás de ese crimen. Y para lograrlo tendrá que huir de la justicia y enfrentarse a los verdaderos culpables.
Sunshine
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Recorrido por la historia política y social de Hungría a lo largo del siglo XX. Dividida en tres partes, la película está protagonizada por Ralph Fiennes, que interpreta a tres personajes de una misma familia pertenecientes a distintas épocas: un abogado judío de principios de siglo, un esgrimista olímpico cuya vida coincide con el nacimiento del fascismo, en 1930, y un activista político que asiste a la implantación del comunismo, en 1950.
El mañana nunca muere
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El gran magnate de los medios de comunicación Elliot Carver tan sólo precisa hacerse con los derechos de emisión en China para completar su emporio global. Para conseguirlo desarrolla un maquiavélico plan para hacer estallar una guerra entre Gran Bretaña y China, mediante el hundimiento de un buque de guerra inglés. James Bond se embarcará en una misión contrareloj para descubrir quién está detrás del peligroso incidente.
Desire in Motion
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During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
Leolo
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Léolo es un niño que vive en un humilde barrio de Montreal, atrapado en una sórdida existencia. Cada noche intenta evadirse por medio de los recuerdos, los sueños y su desbordante imaginación, pero la cruda realidad familiar interrumpe siempre sus fantasías: tiene un padre obsesionado por la salud intestinal de toda la familia, un hermano culturista que vive preso del miedo, dos hermanas que padecen trastornos mentales, un abuelo a quien nadie presta demasiada atención y una madre enorme que domina el microcosmos familiar.
Amoureux fou
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When Remy, an ad consultant, falls in love with Sarah, the newest star of an ad campaign, sparks fly. The only problem is that they are both married. Sarah's husband knows she will eventually get tired of Remy while his wife just can't let go. At first she throws him out, begs him to come back, cheats on him, hates him, and finally slumps into the worse depression ever. It is amazing what love can do...
Moody Beach
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A man and a woman, who are both trying to run away from the banalities of life, fall in love.
Cruising Bar
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Saturday, 12 p.m. The countdown has begun for four males on the hunt for women. Massage studio, last minute shopping, bodybuilding, our men each throw themselves ardently into the ritual of appearance. Impossible to resist the ferociously burlesque character and remarkably typical behavior of these characters. We will meet Gérard known as The Bull, Patrice known as The Lion, Jean-Jacques known as The Peacock and Serge known as The Earthworm.
Onzième spéciale
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Straight for the Heart
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Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him.
Night Magic
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Night Magic, a musical fantasy, is set on earth but it is also about the heavens. At the centre of it all is Michael, a music hall artist, who finds Judy, an angel that epitomizes the woman of his dreams at the System Theatre where he is about to open his new show. For Michael it is just another show along the road but once inside something happens. The night is full of possibilities- full of love and romance, jealousy and infidelity, music and dance, even good and evil. Most of all it is full of magic.
Maria Chapdelaine
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A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
A Wives' Tale
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A film about the women who supported the 1978 miners strike against Inco, the multinational which owned the nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario. As the women became increasingly involved in the strike, they questioned more and more their traditional supportive role. This provoked many heated discussions among the women and obviously not without upsetting husband, family, union - and company...