Alain Dostie

19세기 프랑스, 결혼한 누에 밀수업자인 허브는 아프리카에서 누에를 구하기 어렵게 되자 일본으로 건너간다. 그곳에서 지방 영주의 첩인 아름다운 일본 여성을 만나게 되고 그녀와 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 두 사람은 전쟁이 일어나기 전까지 편지를 주고 받으며 사랑을 속삭이지만, 허브의 아내 헬렌이 남편을 의심하기 시작하는데...

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...

A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.

The undertaking of an enthusiastic group of scientists to transform an indoor cycle racing-track built for the 1968 Montréal Olympics into an ecological park. The Biodôme of Montréal contains 4 ecosystems of the 3 Americas, from the Tropical Forrest to the Polar World, from the Laurentian Forrest to the St-Lawrence Marine Environment.

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.

사막의 일개국가가 전세계 장악의 야욕을 품고 테러 행위를 시작한다. 그들의 전투수행 능력은 가히 가공할만한 것. 미국은 소련과 함께 연합 전선을 펴게되고 제공권을 장악키 위해 사막의 전선에융단 폭격이 시작된다. 지상군의 교전도 시작되고 전세는 예측할 수 없는 오리무중 사상 최악.

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.

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.

A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.

A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for his new superhighway.

This French-Canadian crime/action drama, which satirizes U.S. crime films, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972 and was well received. In the picture, perfectly ordinary people murder, steal, and torture one another with casual abandon in order to solve their everyday problems.

The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the iconic Brother André and are an incarnation of his values and characteristics.

In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the awakening of Acadian nationalism after centuries of defeatism and resignation. Although 40% of the province's population spoke French, they had been unable to make their voices heard. The movement started with students-sit-ins, demonstrations against Parliament, run-ins with the police - and soon spread to a majority of Acadians. The film captures the behind-the-scenes action and the students' determination to bring about change. An invaluable document of the rebirth of a people.

A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.

Director Denys Arcand made an inquiry on textile industry in Quebec, meeting employers and workers of that industry.

Taking the form of a conversation between a young teacher at a French school in Moncton and her students, the film shows how hard it is for francophones to preserve their language in a society where English is everywhere and has been for centuries.

Documentary about the personal and professional life of La Bolduc, a singer of French Canadian music.

From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a corral, whale-boys and all. In 1534, when he stopped at the island he named l'Île-aux-Coudres, Jacques Cartier saw how the Indians captured the little white beluga whales by setting a fence of saplings into off-shore mud. In the film, the islanders show that the old method still works, thanks to the trusting 'sea-pigs,' the same old tide, and a little magic.