Denise Filiatrault

Simon Aubert runs his entire life on lies. An executive at an aviation company, he lies about everything… Simon’s self-serving lies are so abundant that the universe (governed by a handful of Buddhist monks, it seems) decides to right a wrong by teaching him a lesson and making all of the lies reality on the eve of his company’s crucial meeting with a Russian businessman that Simon absolutely needs to impress in order to prevent the closure of the small-town plant where his twin brother Phil works.

At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography recounting his childhood memories, a complicated relationship with his mother and troubling family secrets, success is knocking on his door. Julien and his mother have cut ties a long time ago and she doesn't know about the book. Living a sad and miserable life in a retirement home, she renews contact with her son to make up for lost time. But is that all there is to it?

Canadá /// Laurence Alia (Melvil Poupaud) es un profesor de inglés con un trabajo estable y una sólida relación con su novia Fred (Suzanne Clément). Sus vidas parecen encauzadas y sin mayores problemas hasta el día en que él cuenta a sus seres más cercanos y queridos sus planes para cambiarse de sexo.

Québec 1952 - Alys Robi, vocalista en la cima de su popularidad y reconocida en todo el mundo, fue internada en una institución mental por su padre, en contra de su voluntada. Las autoridades médicas deciden que la única cura posible es la lobotomía. Bajo las brillantes luces de la sala de operaciones, Alys ve pasar ante sus ojos 28 años de su vida. A los 13 años se fue sola a la conquista de la gran ciudad, de Montreal, bajo el nombre de Alys Robi. Primero trabajó en el Teatro Nacional con "La Poune" que la lleva bajo su ala y luego se unió al elenco de Juan Grimaldi. Ambiciosa, se va a vivir una relación profesional y romántica con Lucio Agostini que finalmente le rompería el corazón. Alys Robi enamoró a toda una generación con sus ritmos latinos como "Tico Tico" y "Bésame Mucho". Alys Robi encarna el sueño americano, una historia no sólo de triunfo, gloria y amor, sino también una historia tras la que se esconde una terrible verdad que lo cambiará todo.

Québec 1952 - Alys Robi, vocalista en la cima de su popularidad y reconocida en todo el mundo, fue internada en una institución mental por su padre, en contra de su voluntada. Las autoridades médicas deciden que la única cura posible es la lobotomía. Bajo las brillantes luces de la sala de operaciones, Alys ve pasar ante sus ojos 28 años de su vida. A los 13 años se fue sola a la conquista de la gran ciudad, de Montreal, bajo el nombre de Alys Robi. Primero trabajó en el Teatro Nacional con "La Poune" que la lleva bajo su ala y luego se unió al elenco de Juan Grimaldi. Ambiciosa, se va a vivir una relación profesional y romántica con Lucio Agostini que finalmente le rompería el corazón. Alys Robi enamoró a toda una generación con sus ritmos latinos como "Tico Tico" y "Bésame Mucho". Alys Robi encarna el sueño americano, una historia no sólo de triunfo, gloria y amor, sino también una historia tras la que se esconde una terrible verdad que lo cambiará todo.

After reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and enters her own fairytale. After battling a sexy big, bad wolf and saving Red Riding Hood, she encounters Prince Ludwig who helps Alice return to her world in exchange for her teaching him how to kiss so that he can pass his final exam to become Prince Charming. Along they way they meet every familiar fairytale character, though in a decidely different form or personality.

Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.

Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.

Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.

Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.

This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who struggled through a difficult childhood with the help of his loving mother, only to see his career cut short by tragic circumstances.

Samar, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television. Karim, an artist in retreat from life, remains in his apartment in war-torn West Beirut, confident that he is safe in his familiar neighborhood. An unlikely bond is formed between the two as they face the devastating civil war.

Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background and surrounding can't let him love another woman or divorce from his wife. So Ovide finishes with Marie and plans a trip with Rita hoping for reconciliation. At the last instant he announces to Rita that he can't make the trip. She goes alone. The plane explodes, and Ovide is suspected and arrested for this horrible crime.

During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.

The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

In this Canadian made oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest.

A French Canadian relationship drama based on a novel by Roger Fournier.

30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with her parents and siblings. One day, tired of being teased by her office mates, she decides to consult a marriage agency to find her soul mate.

In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.

In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.

Un empresario de media edad, Simon Leotard encuentra su futuro en peligro cuando su compañera Julien se suicidad por las deudas. Su enemigo en los negocios, Lépidon, le ofrece comprarle la empresa por una irrisoria cantidad. Simon decide no caer en la trampa y salir de la crisis a su manera, aunque para ello tenga que contratar a una prostituta llamada Mado.

Una bella stripper comienza a matar criminales para vengarse de aquellos que la violaron tiempo atrás en la habitación de un motel.

Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and has decided to present himself as Cleopatra. Of the two women, one was just fired from her waitressing job and seeks to go back to work at the nightclub where the beauty pageant is to be held. The other woman's mother has just won one million food stamps.

Un joven desequilibrado, muy aficionado a las armas, se atrinchera en una casa aislada con sus dos ocupantes como rehenes. Como rescate, pide que le entreguen a la chica más guapa del pueblo...

This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.

Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.