Harry Hill

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

En los años 20, lo que estaba en boga era asistir a fastuosas fiestas y a estrenos de Broadway para codearse con la flor y nata de la sociedad neoyorquina. En ese mundillo surgió un círculo literario de críticos, humoristas y escritores que pretendían reflejar con ingenio e ironía la estupidez de la cultura popular. Dentro de ese círculo brillaba la escritora Dorothy Parker, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, pero que tenía problemas con el alcohol y cuya vida sentimental era un desastre.

Durante un viaje a Montreal, Avik, un joven esquimal enfermo de tuberculosis, conoce a una hermosa muchacha mestiza llamada Albertine y se enamora de ella; pero la joven, a pesar de que la atracción es mutua, tiene la obsesión de casarse con un hombre blanco.

A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

Los hermanos Helena y Alex Monet esconden un secreto ante el resto del mundo: poseen poderes especiales, son Scanners... Como consecuencia de ello, Helena, bella e inteligente, sufre fuertes y constantes dolores de cabeza. Desesperada ante el sufrimiento que esto le provoca, decide experimentar con una nueva medicina. El dolor desaparece pero, a la vez, su personalidad se transforma de la noche a la mañana y sus poderes aumentan. Mientras, Alex, refugiado en un santuario en Tailandia desde hace tiempo, recibe la noticia de la muerte de su padre y del extraño comportamiento de su hermana. A pesar de haber prometido no salir nunca más del templo, los hechos le hacen reaccionar y decide que es el momento de volver a enfrentarse al mundo. Tercera y última parte de la saga "Scanners", iniciada por David Cronenberg en 1981

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Ambientada en el París de los años 20, una ciudad vitalista, llena de intelectuales, locos y artistas que constituyeron la vanguardia de su tiempo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Anne, an art historian, takes a job in a prestigious big-city gallery. Soon Grant, a former lover, turns up and tries to win her back. But Anne still harbors a strong distrust of him and decides to devote herself totally to her work. At the gallery, she manages to uncover the mystery behind a murder and a smuggling plot by her boss. Grant appears in the nick of time to save her from harm's way. He also becomes her latest find and a celebrated new artist. At a showing of his work at the gallery, Grant surprises Anne with his latest work...a neon sculpture of Grouch Marx saying "I Love You". Anne gets the love she lost so many years ago and a new career as gallery manager. Stars Greg Evigan and Patty Talbot. Directed by Caryl J. Wickman.

Brooks is an eccentric rich kid, with a fondness for big band music, bow ties taking strange photographs who one day whilst stealing a mannequin from a clothes store, meets Anne, a free-spirited, young deaf girl who works in the shop. It's a meeting that will transform his life. As their friendship blossoms he starts to learn sign-language and she helps him to conquer his fear of water but with a bullying brother, insensitive overbearing father and his father's peculiar new girlfriend all pressurising him to be 'normal' will Brooks be able to break free from their boundaries and his own fears and limitations to find the meaning of true and selfless love.

Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.