Tony Nardi

Los Gamache, sastres de generación en generación, han estado vistiendo a la mafia en Paterno durante tres generaciones. Vincent "Vince" Gamache trabaja a cuenta de Frank, el padrino, con su hijo mayor Gianco, a quien trata de impresionar a toda costa para subir de rango en la organización. Sin que la gente de Palermo lo sepa, organiza una gran operación y logra su tan deseado ascenso. Giaco, cegado por la envidia, descubre que Vince ha cometido una serie de horribles monstruosidades para alcanzar su objetivo. Los Gamache deciden desheredar a Vince, dando así comienzo una terrible guerra entre bandos.

A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that covers his entire career only to ruin it in his first year due to substance abuse and alcoholism. He rides his good luck in the final month of the final year of his contract when he gets a last chance at redemption in the seventh game of the finals.

Un hombre oprimido experimenta una crisis ética y viaja de regreso a su ciudad natal en la Italia rural para recalibrar su brújula moral. Allí encuentra un nuevo propósito en revivir el antiguo viñedo de su abuelo, ofrecerle a la pequeña ciudad de Acerenza un futuro sostenible y reconectarse con su familia separada en el proceso.

A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work secretly with the mob to eradicate corruption and crime in USA.

An Altmanesque carnival of characters

The Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the party, but now he is tired, miserable and almost washed up since he's never got a lucky break due to a reputation of joke stealing. One faithful night, his longtime friend and fellow comedian convinces a comedy club owner to give Simon some stage time and one last shot at redemption. On the ride down to his gig, Simon takes us on a whirlwind journey of his life, as he replays back special moments in an emotional series of flash backs that made him the sad, funny man that he is today.

A money launderer finds himself in a bind on Christmas Eve when a case of mistaken identity leads to him spending the evening with an unpredictable runaway instead of his family.

Un tremendo aguacero golpea Montreal, y un espectacular sumidero se abre en el estadio Percival Molson en medio de un partido de fútbol. El estadio es evacuado, y unas horas más tarde, se convierte en un sitio arqueológico protegido. Siglos de historia se esconden bajo el campo. El arqueólogo Baptiste Asigny comienza a investigar, y descubrirá la cantidad de generaciones que han ocupado esta tierra, cada una con secretos enterrados.

Un tremendo aguacero golpea Montreal, y un espectacular sumidero se abre en el estadio Percival Molson en medio de un partido de fútbol. El estadio es evacuado, y unas horas más tarde, se convierte en un sitio arqueológico protegido. Siglos de historia se esconden bajo el campo. El arqueólogo Baptiste Asigny comienza a investigar, y descubrirá la cantidad de generaciones que han ocupado esta tierra, cada una con secretos enterrados.

A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.

In 1940s Montreal, a young man wrestles with his emotions for his domineering twin sister and his best friend's girlfriend.

Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the family hunt lodge for a little rest and relaxation and create some memories. Instead, what he got was a night he will never forget. Once there, Sonny is bitten by a bat released from a container of bananas they brought up to the lodge. The bat takes a vicious bite of Sonny's neck and then flies off into the night. From that moment on Sonny is entrusted with powers beyond that of any mortal - supersonic hearing, enhanced sight, and superhuman strength - even the ability to speak to the dead. Because of these heightened senses Sonny now feels a responsibility to right the wrongs in his life, and protect those he loves. At first, he resists these new found powers but in the end he welcomes his fate.

Biopic sobre el legendario trompetista de jazz Chet Baker en los años 60. La historia se centra en la época en la que Baker comienza a rodar una película sobre sí mismo y se enamora de su compañera de rodaje, la enigmática Jane. El conflictivo pasado del músico vuelve para atormentarlo, hasta el punto de que parece que nunca volverá a poder ser capaz de componer, pero Jane lo reta a volver a la escena musical en contra de todos los pronósticos.

Montreal, primavera de 1966. Jean Corbo tiene 16 años. Su madre es de Quebec y su padre es italiano, por lo que Jean se debate entre dos lealtades. Después de haber hecho amistad con dos jóvenes militantes de la extrema izquierda, se une al Frente de Liberación de Quebec, un grupo radical clandestino.

Frank D'Angelo's drama about a homeless man's roller coaster ride of success and failure.

A cross-section of Toronto's Italian population comes together at a party in Little Italy.

Havana 1957—sin capital of the world. Mafia nightclubs, sex, drugs and gambling. A young cop witnesses a murder and must decide if he wants to play the corrupt game or go against corrupt cops and the mob with the help of a beautiful Tropicana dancer.

Marie is a Toronto police officer. One evening, her husband Joshua and their son Nicky are brutally murdered in their car. Marie quickly links Pablo Molina, an Argentinian drug trafficker who she'd arrested a few months earlier, with the crime. In despair, Marie heads to Argentina on the tracks of the killer. A journey of revenge and a journey to come to terms with her loss.

A serial murderer of teenage girls is loose, and working the case are a possibly corrupt detective Lou Miles a probably corrupt chief inspector Brodsky and his "favorite snitch." Dark personal histories and current politics mix to get the ambitious DA and her investigator involved.

A Bosnian Muslim and a Bosnian Serb family have come to Vancouver to find peaceful new lives only to find themselves embroiled in the ethnic conflict they left behind.

Ésta es la historia real de Joseph Bonanno, uno de los padrinos más legendarios de la mafia americana. Su vida inspiró a Mario Puzzo para crear a Don Vito Corleone, el protagonista de su célebre novela El Padrino. Joseph es hijo de la mafia. Su propio padre, Salvatore, decide su apadrinamiento por el líder de la familia rival. De este modo, pone fin a una guerra sangrienta y sella el destino de su hijo recién nacido. Años más tarde, gracias a la ayuda de un amigo de la familia, conseguirá entrar ilegalmente en los Estados Unidos, donde empezará a hacer fortuna con el comercio ilegal de alcohol durante La Prohibición. Será entonces cuando acceda a la protección de Salvatore Maranzano, uno de los jefes de la mafia, del que se convertirá en mano derecha.

A father's love is not enough to keep his dreams and his family together in this drama. Joe Aiello (Tony Nardi) is an Italian immigrant who settled in Montreal and opened a construction firm in the early '60s. Thirty years later, Tony's business is a solid success, and Tony dreams of passing this legacy along to his family. But Tony's wife has passed on, his son Nuccio (Hugolin Chevrette Landesque) is developmentally disabled, and his daughter Bennie (Michele-Barbara Pelletier) can't decide what she wants to do with her life, dropping out of college against her father's wishes shortly before she is to graduate. Despite his disappointment with Nuccio and his exasperation with Bennie, Joe has a fierce love for his children, but Bennie feels that her father's affection is starting to crush her more than it nurtures her.

Año 1943. Ghetto judío de Varsovia. Polonia ocupada por los nazis. Los oficiales de las SS creían que los judíos eran infrahumanos y, por lo tanto, tenían la misma condición que los animales. El rabino Adán Séller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) y su hija Rachel (Elina Löwensohn), igual que el resto de judíos, pasaban hambre y tenían un miedo constante a la posibilidad de ser enviados a un campo de concentración. El rabino, un hombre pacífico, intentaba animar a los otros para que tuvieran un poco de esperanza y continuaran rogando. Pero en los momentos más difíciles, donde era evidente la superioridad de los nazis, Adán y toda su familia veía como el sufrimiento no cesaba, a pesar de sus llamadas al cielo..

Galileo is thwarted in his pursuit to uncover the universe's mysteries by a lack of money, a lazy brother and a jealous rival. Luckily, he finds support from his student, Prince Cosimo, son of the Medici family.

Nine-year old Reliana witnesses Rossini's efforts to salvage his seemingly cursed new opera, the Barber of Seville.

A kickboxer is hired to protect half of a valuable medallion, but an evil warlord and another kickboxer are determined to have it, no matter what it takes.

Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling apart. While a couple is forming, another's becoming undone. Yet, the choice of the two friends remains the same: break up with the past and plunge into the unknown.

Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.

Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.

Una pareja de tendencias voyeurísticas (Maury Chaykin & Gabrielle Rose), un tasador de seguros (Elias Koteas) obsesionado con solucionar la vida a sus clientes, y una censora de películas pronográficas (Arsinee Khanjian), se convierten en sujetos cinematográficos por el capricho sexual de sus vecinos.

In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.

En "Guiones cambiados" un actor secundario llamado Lance (McManus) trabaja como guardián de un hotel, siendo su verdadero trabajo el de gigoló. Una colega está obsesionada con él, pero Lance la ignora y evita. Deja su curriculum vitae actoral en el cuarto de una guionista, que está realizando audiciones para un telefilme basado en la historia verdadera de su fallecido hermano. Lo escoge para que interprete el papel protagónico y los dos comienzan un romance. Ella se muestra cada vez más angustiada, pues es claro que el productor está cambiando su historia.

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.

A Montreal man imagines a mermaid in place of the writer whose picture appears on a novel.

Using archival documents, fictions, current accounts, and excerpts from a theatrical creation, Paul Tana paints a nuanced portrait of the Italians of Montreal. From the first waves of immigration at the beginning of the century to the men and women taken to a prisoner of war camps during World War II, to the hardships and joys of building vibrant lives in Montréal. Caffè Italia Montréal chronicles a significant chapter in Canada’s history.