Chirurgien
Paul à Québec is quite simply about life, at its happiest and at its most challenging. Paul and his in-laws offer us a window onto the everyday life of the Beaulieu family, but we also witness the decline of his father-in-law, Roland. Paul à Québec is a hymn to life that reminds us, among other things, of the beauty of those small moments when, in spite of the farewells, life shows us how important it is to savour every instant.
Me Gilbert Danis
모국에서 교사였던 아내와 두 자녀를 잃고 캐나다로 망명 온 라자르는 몬트리올의 한 초등학교 대체교사로 지원한다. 신기한 듯 이방인 선생님을 반기는 아이들. 하지만 라자르는 아이들이 마음 속 상처를 숨기고 있음을 알게 된다. 유난히 잘 따르는 알리스에게 위로 받고 심통쟁이 시몽도 달래면서 어느덧 상처가 아물어가던 그는 뜻하지 않은 일로 ‘마지막 수업’을 준비하게 되는데…
Yves Michaud
This is the story of Mr. Brochu, whose friends like to call "the Boss". He runs his gas station the best he can and tries to stay happy no matter what happens. This movie relates all the small tragedies surrounding the gaz bar, such as hold-ups, competition from the big companies invading the neighbourhood, and the fact that is sons don't seem to be interested in the gas station.
In this Canadian psychological drama a repressed young man struggles with his phobia of sex. It began when he was a sensitive 11-year old awakened in the night by the sound of his parents making love. Not understanding the nature of the groans, he peeks in and is horrified by the sight. Things get worse the next day when he and his mother discover that daddy died in his sleep that night. The boy, confused by it all deduces that it was the sex-act that killed his father and so refuses to mature so he will never have to die. This goes on several years and for some reason his mother doesn't seem to mind. Things seem okay until his mom's new boy friend moves in. The teen and the lover constantly fight. Late at night, the boy begins spying on his mother and the man and in so doing comes to realize that sex is not as deadly as it seemed. Once this light dawns, the boy is able to grow up and become normal.
Étienne Parent
Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.
François
In this melodrama, Marie and Pierre (Danielle Proulx and Marc Messier) are a comfortably middle-class couple who want the ultimate accessory: a baby. Their efforts to conceive naturally have been unsuccessful, so they decide to try using the newest artificial methods of conception. Unfortunately for them, the clinician they contact for help is also given to conducting unauthorized experiments on the human lifespan, cloning, etc. Eventually the fertilization effort is successful, and Marie has conceived quadruplets. The couple discusses this situation while driving, and are killed in an auto accident.
Claude Daneault
A young American hockey player, studying in Canada on a hockey scholarship, falls in love while risking his scholarship and the prospect of the Vietnam war draft.
A young Montreal woman has an affair with a famous French author, and the experience helps to teach her a number of things about life and love.
Jean-Pierre
An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two boyfriends she should end her relationship with.