Monique Mercure

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?

In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-american man searching for the house of the book Bonheur d'occasion, written by Gabrielle Roy.

To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legendary object that allow his user to visit an infinite numbers of universes where everything is possible.

When Madeleine is diagnosed with Alzheimers, she makes two important decisions. One is to keep it from her family. The other is to revisit her beloved Gaspésie and relive, for one last time, the memories this evokes. Encountering Zoë, an emotionally disturbed young musician, Madeleine asks her to be her driver for the trip.

A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him dead.

In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls

A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a main suspect.

A coming-of-age tale centered around Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc Godard's then-recent film "Vivre sa vie". As she begins to model herself after the film's lead role, Hannah slowly begins to explore the confusing nature of her sexuality.

17세기 이탈리아, 바이올린의 장인 부조티(이렌느 그라지올리)는 곧 아이를 얻게 될 꿈에 부풀어 있다. 그러나 평생의 반려자였던 아내는 아이를 낳다 목숨을 잃고, 절망한 부조티는 채 식지 않은 아내의 피를 받아 '레드 바이올린'을 완성한다. 사랑과 절망이 섞인, 세상 어디에도 없는 명품. 이 레드 바이올린은 소유한 사람을 파괴적인 매력으로 끌어 당기며 세계 곳곳을 떠돈다. 바이올린에 집착하던 어린 천재는 심장마비로 죽고 바이올린을 연주하며 성적인 환희를 느끼던 음악가는 자살한다. 300년 후, 레드 바이올린을 손에 넣기 위해 경매장에 모여 든 사람들은 마침내 바이올린에 얽힌 비밀을 알게 되는데...

British-Canadian light romantic comedy film set in a dying Saskatchewan town. Bank branch manager, Pincer Bedier, dreams of reviving the town when one day a beautiful young woman's car breaks down and she becomes stranded until it can be repaired. She is convinced by the banker to take on the duties at the local hardware store to pay for the parts for her car and soon a romance between the two develops.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

1973년 뉴욕시의 살충 구제원 빌은 시간이 남을 때면 아내 존과 마리화나를 피우면서 시간을 보내곤 한다. 그러던 어느날 자신의 살충약이 없어져 사장과 다투게 되고, 경찰로부터 마약을 상용하고 있다는 혐의를 받게 된다. 마약을 끊기 위해 밴웨이라는 의사를 찾아가서 도움을 구하지만 그가 권해준 약물은 오히려 그의 증세를 악화시키고 환각의 세계로 뒤섞이게 만든다. 빌은 별별 이상한 사람들이 들끓는 도시로 긴 여행을 하게 된다. 이곳에선 타이프라이터가 말을 걸어오고, 죽은 아내가 다른 사람의 아내로 살고 있다. 빌이 이 지옥을 빠져나가려 할 수록 더욱 미로 속으로 빠져들기만 한다.

Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage. 4: A visitor to a conference on pictographs arrives at the airport, where the female customs officer steals a momento from each person. 5: As she is being driven to the hospital in an ambulance after an auto accident, Sarah recalls her life. 6: At a diplomatic reception, an older woman reminisces about her grand love in Montreal.

The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La Haye. Unable to make ends meet with his minimum-wage job, La Haye hires himself out as a guinea pig to genially loopy scientist Marie Tifo. It is the doctor's contention that a person's intelligence can be artificially increased. La Haye proves her right...up to a point, that is. Extremely popular in Canada, Dans le Ventre du Dragon has yet to receive proper distribution in the States.

A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daughter. The two women spend a summer together. Madeline, the mother, a professional, independent woman, begins a romantic relationship with an engineer after ending a previous relation. For her part, Renée, her 20-year old daughter, tries to see her father again and dreams of stable love.

In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basement where, in a maze of tunnels, they founded an independent company, with its rituals, spells. A young girl, Agnes, reigns over this underground world that adults seem to tolerate.

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.

Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier and puts him in the context of the growing separatist movement in the late 1960s in Quebec. At that time, supporters of an independent Quebec began to consolidate their power under the Parti Québecois -- and the story of Louis and his wife Claudette are meant to illustrate this watershed in Quebec's history. As the film begins, Claudette and Louis are about to get married -- and their wedding day significantly coincides with preparations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Years later, they are well-established in Montreal and are enjoying visits from their family -- and then their lives start to deteriorate. Louis is suddenly out of work, and as he faces the difficulties of finding another job -- and of living precariously -- he becomes more radical, less accepting of the status quo.

Contrecoeur is a film using fantastic realism to talk about psychology, drift and love. Three characters must define themselves in an enclosed space, a truck trapped in a snowstorm, and dream of somewhere else to find each other.

Two children deal with the arrival of a foster brother, a Cambodian refugee. All three of them discover a hermetic retired railway engineer living in the woods. Then the children find an abandoned locomotive and, with the help of the engineer, bring it back to working order.

A group of friends reunite after thirty years of separation.

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.

뉴욕의 밤, 거리의 여자들을 겨냥한 연쇄 살인 사건이 벌어진다. 경찰관 클라우디는 사건의 수사를 맡게 되지만 단서는 쉽사리 잡히지 않는다. 유일한 사실은 모델이자 호스티스인 모니카 페이지와 안면이 있는 여자들이 죽어간다는 것이다. 한편 클라우디는 첫번째 용의자로 포주이며 마약상인인 줄리커츠를 지목한다. 그러나 뜻밖에 모습을 드러낸 킬러는 매혹적인 젊은 여성인데...

계시록에나 등장할 법한 빙하시대를 맞은 미래의 지구. 세계에 또다시 빙하기가 닦쳐온다. 식량이 고갈되어 가는 가운데 추위 때문에 안에서만 생활하는 사람들은 긴장과 무료함 때문에 스릴 넘치는 사건을 찾는다. 그결과 생겨난 것이 한사람의 심판을 두고 5명이 서로를 죽이다가 끝까지 살아남는 자가 승리하게 되는 일명 '퀸테트'라는 살인 게임. 이 죽음의 도시에 에섹스란 사나이가 임신한 아내를 데리고 나타난다. 어렵사리 형 프란차의 집을 찾아간 그는 그곳에서 퀸테트의 존재를 알게 되나 관심을 두지 않는다. 그러나 누군가 프란차를 죽이기 위해 설치한 폭탄이 터지면서 죽음의 룰을 모른 채 게임을 즐기던 아내와 살인 표적이던 형이 즉사하고 만다. 분노한 에섹스는 잔인한 승부사가 되어 퀸테트의 룰을 따르기 시작하는데.

Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France. In this story, the 10th-century legend is staged by a group of 12th-century pilgrims using the 11th-century poem. Their acting is interrupted by a violent peasant uprising, which kills many of the pilgrims. However, one of the survivors, is converted to the peasant cause and later speaks out in favor of more just treatment for the downtrodden.

Twins Etienne and Andrew are separated at birth--an error that years later will wrench apart two loving families.

The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.

Louise is a professional photographer and very successful in her job. But her father who had disappeared for many years resurfaced. He is very sick and would like to see his three daughters again. At the request of her father, Louise hesitates and then slips away. The reappearance of his father poses problems even in her life as a couple.

A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.

An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life.

Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. All his hopes are dashed when, before the funeral, his three aunts come to Quebec City to settle their sister's estate. As grasping and efficient a crew as ever strode a parlor, by the time they leave, the estate has been cleaned to the bones, as if by vultures.

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.

A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.

Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according to the author, they represent the archetypical Québec waitress that everyday waits on us with a smile, despite whatever problems she faces in her personal life. First cinematographic experience of the Brassard-Tremblay tandem, this film full of ironic joy details all the nuances of the waitress living conditions.

크리스마스 무렵의 광산촌. 광산촌의 인부인 조 뿔랭(Jos Poulin: 라이오넬 빌레네브 분)은 사장으로부터 싫은 소리를 듣는다. 그리고 크리스마스 무렵, 그의 장남에게 내년에 학교에 보내 주겠다는 약속을 남기고 집을 떠난다. 어느덧 크리스마스 날이 다가오고 단 몇시간이지만 마을 사람들을 자신들의 가난을 잊고 수다를덜어가며 흥청망청 술을 마시며 따뜻한 정을 나눈다. 그런 와중에 광산의 사장이 마차를 타고 나타나 인부의 아이들에게 장난감을 던져주고 어른들의 마음을 알 리가 없는 아이들은 마냥 행복해 한다. 하지만 브느와와 모리스는 얄미운 사장에게 눈 세례를 퍼붓는다. 얼마 후 조 뿔랭의 장남의 죽어버리자 브느와와 앙트완느 아저씨(Uncle Antoine: 쟝 듀세뻬 분)는 그의 관을 짠다. 조 뿔랭의 가족에게 위로의 말을 전하고 일을 마치고 돌아오는 앙트완느 아저씨는 브느와에게 자신이 지금까지 살아온 일에 대해 넋두리하며 괴로워한다. 한편 상점으로 돌아온 브느와는 페르낭과 앙트완느 아저씨의 불륜 장면을 목격하고 몹시 혐오스러워 한다.

Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.

Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young woman.

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.

The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.

A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert.

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.

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.