Alain Dostie

На дальнем краю земли мужчина находит любовь, изменяющую жизнь. 1861. Французский торговец шелком Эрве Жонкур едет в Японию, закрытую для иностранцев. От загадочного человека Жонкур тайно получает яйца шелковичных червей и прорыв японской монополии на драгоценную ткань. Там же Жонкур знакомится с женщиной. Они не касаются, даже не разговаривают. Он не может прочесть записку, которую она ему посылает, пока не вернется в свою страну. Но когда вернется, Жонкур обречен.

Накануне аукциона группа экспертов, возглавляемая Чарльзом Моррицем, исследует необычную по своему цвету и идеально звучащую старинную скрипку. Выясняется ее удивительное прошлое. Созданная в семнадцатом веке итальянским мастером Николо Буссоти, скрипка загадочным образом вершит судьбы своих владельцев, даруя и отнимая любовь, а порой и саму жизнь. Понимая истинную ценность скрипки, неизмеримую деньгами, словно завороженный, Морриц пытается стать ее обладателем.

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.

Некое неназванное ближневосточное государство угрожает Советскому Союзу и США межконтинентальными баллистическими ракетами с ядерными боеголовками. Для устранения опасности создана объединённая советско-американская боевая группа под командованием полковника ВВС США Чарльза «Чаппи» Синклера (по ходу фильма быстро дослужившегося до бригадного генерала). Чтобы решить поставленную задачу, отряду необходимо преодолеть помехи со стороны политиков, а также культурные и личностные противоречия в своих рядах.

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.