On June 26, 1977, a vehicle drove into a river outside the Atikamekw community of Manawan in northern Québec. Two Whites survive the accident, but five Atikamekw lose their lives. The police conclude it was an accident, but for the victims' families, many questions remain unanswered. Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) is freely inspired by the…
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Solo
Solo, winner of Toronto International Film Festival’s award for best Canadian feature film, is set within Montreal’s vibrant drag queen community. Simon, a rising star, falls in love with the destructive Olivier. At the same time, Simon's mother, a famous opera singer, returns after a fifteen year absence. Finding failure with these two impossible loves,…
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The Taste of Things
Romance and French gastronomy. Juliette Binoche and her real-life husband Benoit Magimel. The actors and the food shine and simmer in this celebration of all the kinds of love present in a well-run kitchen. Set in a gauzy 1885, the thoughtful direction and skilled cinematography will make you wish you’d made that post-movie restaurant reservation.…
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Days of Happiness
This emotionally complex drama, from Montreal-based writer-director Chloé Robichaud, follows a young orchestra conductor who’s becoming a major player on the Quebec classical music scene and now finds herself at a crossroads. Emma is a recognizable queer character and proof that there’s a middle ground between the specificities of gay life being ignored and a…
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Anatomy of a Fall
Did he fall or was he pushed out the window? Winner of the prestigious Cannes Palme D’Or award, the film is both a mystery and a courtroom drama. A couple’s troubled marriage might have just simmered on privately and indefinitely, within the walls of their alpine chalet outside Grenoble. But one day the husband Samuel’s…
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Full Time (A Plein Temps)
Wednesday, September 20, 4 PM and 7 PM A film by French Canadian Eric Gravel director it portrays motherhood frazzle as a gripping thriller. Julie (Laure Calamy), is a divorced mum of two who’s feeling the grind: work, kids, mortgage debt, crappy ex. She works an exhausting job as head maid at a luxury Parisian…
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The Big Hit
