Paul Hébert

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

A philandering wife and a sleazy womanizing con-man team up to off a troublesome father-in-law in this acid-tinged French Canadian black comedy. Leon, the con-artist makes his living cheating Catholic bingo players by hosting bogus religious pilgrimages. He is involved with a woman, but that doesn't stop him from getting involved with the frustrated Sophie who hates living in a tiny apartment with her lazy husband, her ever-gloomy teenage daughter and her husband's demanding, self-centered father, Emile. Sophie is so desperate to escape and start a new life that she convinces Leon to help her kill Emile who allegedly has $150,000 tucked away. The murder is to occur during one of Leon's pilgrimages. He convinces his son Paolo, an ex-con, to assist. Despite their careful planning, nothing prepares the would-be killers for the surprising result.

Pierre vuelve a la ciudad canadiense de Quebec para asistir al funeral de su padre y allí encuentra a Marc, su hermano adoptivo. Juntos emprenden una búsqueda que les llevará al origen de sus raíces, y descubrirán secretos que permanecían escondidos.

The story is of a young man, Stevens, who returns to his native village after a five year exile caused by a violent quarrel with his father. The story revolves around the women in Stevens life and the affects of his presence.

A city neighborhood is frightened by a strangler and a voyeur. The police detectives, headed by Léopold Latour, are not very efficient in their investigations, though detective Édouard Lambert does a little sleuthing on his own.

A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.

Sam, un chico brillante, deja su casa para irse a la montaña después de que su familia le cancelara el viaje de verano. En la naturaleza deberá luchar contra la soledad y el mundo salvaje. La novela juvenil “My Side of The Mountain”, de Jean Craighead George, sobre un niño que aprende sobre la valentía, la independencia y la necesidad de compañía, mientras vive en la naturaleza, fue la base de esta cinta de aventuras, firmada por James B. Clark, un director que parece especializado en cintas con animales, pues es el responsable de “La isla de los delfines azules”, “Mi amigo Flipper” o “Misty”. Para esta ocasión, confió los roles principales a la estrella infantil Teddy Eccles (básicamente conocido por su rol en la que nos ocupa) y un Theodore Bikel (“Fugitivos”), que además de actuar y cantar en esta película, también compuso la mayoría de las canciones.

A mysterious history, esoteric formulas pronounced by entreated seeking to dominate the world.

Retrato de la triste existencia de una chica que es maltratada por su padre y humillada por la gente de su pueblo.

On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature directorial debut of celebrated filmmaker Gilles Carle (The Death of a Lumberjack), The Merry World of Leopold Z is an offbeat holiday treat that builds to a disarmingly resonant conclusion.

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.