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- DirectorYves PelletierStarsEmmanuel BilodeauIsabelle BlaisIsabelle CyrBack in town after years abroad, an idealistic woman takes upon herself to spruce up her blasé sister's sentimental life by fooling around with the messages she leaves her fiancé on the fridge.
- DirectorJean-François PouliotStarsDavid BoutinLucie LaurierRaymond BouchardA much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.
- DirectorErik CanuelStarsPatrick HuardMichèle-Barbara PelletierPierre LebeauCoincidentally, a critic and a writer team up for Operation Nez Rouge. It seeks to take revenge on him for a very negative criticism until she falls in love. But he plays double game with her?
- DirectorÉmile GaudreaultStarsMichel CôtéLouis-José HoudeRémy GirardFather and son, both cops, who despise each other must unite and infiltrate a Father/Son therapy retreat in order to make an important biker gang leader fall and save a brother cop who's been kidnapped.
- DirectorLyne CharleboisStarsIsabelle BlaisJean-Hugues AngladeAngèle CoutuAn erotic drama about a woman facing her 30th birthday who looks back at her life growing-up with her grandmother, crazy mother and her over-indulgence with men, sex and alcohol.
- DirectorGhyslaine CôtéStarsJacinthe LaguëJulie DeslauriersIngrid FalaiseIn Montreal, childhood friends gather at a lakeside cottage. After inviting a stranger to their party, one girl is raped and murdered. Fifteen years later, the traumatized survivors reunite, uncovering wounds from their harrowing loss.
- DirectorCharles BinaméStarsPierre LebeauKarine VanasseRoy DupuisA young woman is forced to marry an old greedy man to save her father from bankruptcy although she has promised her heart to another man.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRémy GirardMartin DubreuilA doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardDorothée BerrymanStéphane RousseauDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
- DirectorÉric TessierStarsMarc-André GrondinNormand D'AmourSonia Vachon5150 ELM'S WAY is located at end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsMaxim GaudetteSébastien HuberdeauKarine VanasseA dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsDominique MichelDorothée BerrymanLouise PortalSexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
- DirectorRicardo TrogiStarsJean-Carl BoucherClaudio ColangeloSandrine BissonFilmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.
- DirectorSébastien RoseStarsAlexis MartinRaymond BouchardFrédéric PierreA bloody drama and an apocalyptic vision of the universities, and more generally of Québec society.
- DirectorAlexis Durand-BraultStarsMichel CôtéKarine VanasseDominique LeducAs he navigates through porn sites without the knowledge of his wife, Germain comes across a video of his only daughter announcing her impending live performance. The political advisor of Quebec, who previously believed their loved Nathalie immersed in law school in Montreal, went illico in the city to prevent the irreparable. But the girl is not found, and Germain does for her investigation only vague clues found in the site, as well as secrets torn from the junkie girlfriend of his daughter, which puts him on the trail of a boyfriend. The latter, at the head of a cyber-XXX empire, was quick to break into the identity of Germain, and prevent Nathalie, who, shortly after a tragic incident, agrees to go home with his father. A few days later, a police detective arrives for questioning ...
- DirectorGabriel PelletierStarsSylvie LéonardBéatrice PicardRémi-Pierre PaquinGeneviève Saint-Louis, a bachelor and neurotic careerist, refuses any form of engagement. Her aunt Aline, a former cabaret singer, arrives at her home with the ulterior aim of avoiding placement in a reception center.
- DirectorYves DesgagnésStarsJeanne MoreauThomas LalondeCharlotte AubinJuliette, 15 ans, est la fille unique d'un éminent juge de la Cour Supérieure du Québec. Élevée dans un milieu bourgeois, elle a bénéficié d'une éducation sans failles dans les meilleures écoles. Son père se retrouve au centre de l'attention médiatique lorsqu'il est invité à présider un des procès les plus importants des dix dernières années : celui de Réal Lamontagne, criminel notoire, redouté et redoutable. Roméo, 17 ans, a lui aussi une famille célèbre : il est le fils de Réal Lamontagne. Son père est accusé d'avoir commis des crimes d'une monstruosité indescriptible: il est incriminé pour avoir causé la mort d'un enfant. Cependant, le magnétisme que dégage Roméo n'est pas passé inaperçu de Juliette. Malgré le fait qu'ils viennent de mondes diamétralement opposés, les deux jeunes gens s'éprennent l'un de l'autre. Les nombreux obstacles les empêcheront-ils de vivre leur amour et de rester unis en liberté? Roméo et Juliette est une grande histoire d'amour. Les pôles opposés de l'amour et de la haine se retrouvent dans un contexte de rivalité et d'incompatibilité sociale.
- DirectorRichard CiupkaStarsAnick LemayMario MorinFrançois MassicotteA romantic comedy about Pascale, an agent for musicians, who is betrayed by Lewis Carl, her fiance and most important client.
- DirectorLuc DionneStarsMarianne FortierSerge PostigoHélène Bourgeois LeclercAfter her mother's sudden death, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed stepmother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.
- DirectorLouise ArchambaultStarsSylvie MoreauMacha GrenonJuliette GosselinThis emotionally-charged story of mothers and daughters explores beauty, addiction, and family. It asks the question--is it possible to change your destiny? Canada. French w/Eng. subtitles. Winner - Toronto FF, Winner Canadian Oscars.
- DirectorYves DesgagnésStarsClaudine MercierDenys ArcandDan BigrasDans la ville de Montréal, un célèbre concours de chant (Idole instantanée), dont le gagnant enregistre son premier album, présente quatre finalistes. Quand le gagnant de l'an passé, Simon Sirois (Claudine Mercier) doit s'occuper de sa mère malade alors qu'il aurait préféré aller à Las Vegas pour rencontrer Céline Dion, les quatre finalistes (toutes interprétées par Claudine Mercier), les femmes sont Catherine « Cat » Painchaud, mère au foyer de trois enfants ; Manon Lemieux, fille unique d'un couple qui sacrifie leur travail pour l'aider a réaliser son rêve ; Daphnée Bérubé, rouquine travaillant dans un centre d'exercices pour personnes âgées ainsi que Mimi Dubé, fille qui vit avec ses parents dans un petit village paisible. Alors que les quatre femmes, encouragées par leur entourage, sont toutes déterminées à remporter Idole Instantanée 2, les Femmes devront toutefois surmonter certains obstacles afin d'arriver à leur but. Ces quatre jeunes femmes rêvent de devenir une vedette immédiate en remportant le concours Idole instantanée 2. On suit donc, en parallèle, les quatre protagonistes pendant les 24 h précèdant la grande finale télévisée de la compétition. Le film 'Idole instantanée' aborde deux facettes de la télé-réalité. Tout d'abord l'aspect tentatuculaire et monstrueux du phénomène; son omniprésence médiatique et notre impossibilité d'y échapper. Ensuite, le mariage parfait, la fusion totale entre le voyeurisme des télespectateurs et l'exhibitionnisme des participants de ces émissions.
- DirectorAndré DucharmeGuy A. LepageSylvain RoyStarsGuy A. LepageSylvie MoreauNormand D'AmourA man falls for a woman while he is hiding among campers to elude his criminal pursuers.
- DirectorRudy BarichelloStarsJean-Nicolas VerreaultIsabel RicherJulie LeBretonPauline goes on trip and never returns. Did she deliberately vanish, or did she just abandon her life, or is this an invitation for someone to start searching for her? Simon, her fiance, intends to find out. Several months after the disappearance, Simon learns of Pauline's death abroad. While cleaning out her apartment, Simon discovers that Lazare, Pauline's cat, still occupies his master's apartment. He possesses an extraordinary long-term memory and a need for revenge.
- DirectorAlain ZaloumStarsRoy DupuisAnémoneMichel MullerAn awkward robber named Vincent Papineau seizes a cheap painting during a burgling of routine in Montreal. Reselling for a bread bite, he learns that it concealed 50 000$ dissimulated in it's frame and that it belonged in fact to a certain Carlo, boss of the Marseillaise Maffia. In fact, the name of Carlo is the diminutive of... Carlotta Luciani, expert in vendettas. Carlotta launches out the search of her painting, in company of Marius, her henchman. The chance smile to Vincent, disguised as a priest to escape his prosecutors, he is noticed by two police officers who mistake him for Claude Laurin, a colleague of the "brigade" that everyone believed on vacation. Conscious that it will be uncovered at the return of the true cop Claude Laurin of which he usurped the identity, Vincent profits from it to elaborate an incredible plan with his friend Dieudonné.
- DirectorPhilippe GagnonStarsFrédéric BélangerChristian Brisson-DargisAnne BelleroseThe story of three different people who are facing the problems of moving on a July 1, the traditional moving day in Quebec.
- DirectorÉric TessierStarsMichel CôtéPatrick HuardCatherine FlorentIn Montreal, on the same day that a policeman shot eleven children, killing ten, without any reason, the successful writer Thomas Roy amputates his fingers and tries to commit suicide. Completely catatonic, he is treated by Dr. Paul Lacasse and his big fan, the pregnant Dr. Jeanne Marcoux, in a psychiatric hospital. When the journalist Charles Monette, who is writing a book about Thomas, schedules a meeting with Dr. Paul, he shows pieces of newspaper showing that Thomas was present to the last thirty-seven tragedies in Canada. Dr. Paul reads the notes and decides to investigate further the life of Thomas Roy, disclosing dark secrets about his past.
- DirectorBernard ÉmondStarsLuc PicardDiane LavalléeZhenhu HanThis is the story of Gerard, a man who miraculously survived an explosion that destroyed his apartment and killed a lot of people. During the next few days he tries to find out why he survived and others died.
- DirectorRicardo TrogiStarsPatrice RobitailleJean-Phillipe PearsonStéphane BretonQuébec-Montréal: 250 km of asphalt, nine thirty-something travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and discuss troubling questions about existence. Highway 20 forms the backdrops for the sometimes hilarious, sometimes complicated situations between three south-bound friends who discuss ideal love, the quest of romance between two ambiguous office colleagues, the appearance of passion from a pictures perfect couple versus the daily-grind suffered by another young couple and their pending break up. The two hours in transit along the winding thoroughfare of love set a collision course of grating simultaneous reality-checks and deep reflections about where life has taken you and the roads that it will take you on in the future.
- DirectorÉmile GaudreaultStarsFrançois MorencyGeneviève BrouillettePierrette RobitailleFlorence and Nicolas live happily together. Until Nicolas' sister points them to a contest in which they win the first prize; an all-expenses-paid wedding at Niagara Falls.
- DirectorDenise FiliatraultStarsGinette RenoPierrette RobitailleDenise DuboisLarge women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.
- DirectorLouis SaiaStarsMarc MessierRémy GirardPatrick HuardStan and his team are back. This time, they will meet in Chamonix to compete in an international hockey championship.
- DirectorLouis SaiaStarsMarc MessierRémy GirardPatrick HuardEver wanted to know what guys say when they get together? This light- hearted comedy explores the male world through an amateur hockey team. Every male stereotype is analyzed, comically of course.
- DirectorClaude FournierStarsRoy DupuisPatrick HuardCharlotte LaurierIn order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique finds a job as an antique dealer. But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is gay, slowly breaking his marriage and stirring weird emotions from his mother...
- DirectorGabriel PelletierStarsIsabelle CyrRobert BrouilletteYves PelletierIn Transylvania, the 140 year-old vampire Karmina flees from the castle of her father on her wedding day arranged by her parents with Vlad. She travels to Montreal to meet her aunt Esmeralda, who is an ancient and powerful vampire that has broken her relationship with the Baron and the Baronne. Soon she learns that Esmeralda has developed a potion that temporarily transform vampires in human again and she imposes that Karmina must use the potion if she wants to stay in Canada with her. Karmina uses the potion and falls in love with the organist Phillipe, who loves Bach. Meanwhile, the Baron asks Vlad to travel to Canada and bring Karmina back, and he turns the costumer officer Ghislain Chabot into a vampire to help him.
- DirectorGeorge MihalkaStarsMarie-Lise PiloteRoy DupuisMacha GrenonOn her 35th birthday, Lucie realizes there is something missing in her life: a baby. But nature requires a male partner to conceive life. So she bets with her friends that she can find Mr. Right in less than three months. She will therefore meet the entire palette of the male gender, from the typical macho to the much-too-perfect man.
- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsRoy DupuisJacques GodinJean-François PichetteIt's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead character to make those around him understand the reason for his crime.
- DirectorRobert MénardStarsMichel CôtéLouise MarleauGeneviève RiouxThe same actor plays four kinds of male animals prowling four kinds of Montreal nightclubs.
- DirectorJean BeaudryStarsMarie-Stéphane GaudryKesnamelly NeffMadeleine LangloisTwo girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
- DirectorMichael RubboStarsTchéky KaryoNina PetronzioChristopher ForrestJo meets a mysterious art dealer who buys some of her drawings and commissions her to make more. She asks some friends for help and sets off to Amsterdam to look for the mysterious man.
- DirectorAlain ChartrandStarsSerge ThériaultClaude MeunierRaymond BouchardTwo harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsFanny LauzierDenis ForestMarina OrsiniOn their arrival in Mingan, on the north coast of St Lawrence's Gulf, a couple notice a young girl floating in the ocean. Thinking she is in need of rescuing, they discover that, in fact, she's able to stay a long time underwater and was listening to the whale songs. She also has two special friends: a dolphin and a whale. But her world could change drastically soon, because her grandfather is about to sell his hostel near the ocean.
- DirectorAndré MelançonStarsMahée PaiementDoris Blanchet-VasiloffDenis BernardFanny is a young orphan girl who is sent to live with her detached Uncle Jonathan when her grandmother enters a nursing home. As Jonathan prepares for an organ recital of music by Bach, he tries to provide a proper environment for his young niece. Fanny collects other animals in addition to her pet skunk Broccoli with the help of her upstairs neighbor Sean.
- DirectorPierre FalardeauJulien PoulinStarsJulien PoulinDenise MercierMarie-Claude DufourA Quebecois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana.
- DirectorPatrick HuardStarsClaude LegaultGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergePaul DoucetTwo brothers (Legault, Lemay-Thivierge) discuss the positive and negative aspects of adultery as their mother lies beside them in a coma, while their brother Rémi (Doucet) attempts to discourage them. Their conversations become more explicit as time passes.
- DirectorRicardo TrogiStarsPatrice RobitaillePierre-François LegendreJean-Phillipe PearsonFor three men in their early thirties, the time has come to make a choice: Are they ready to have babies or not? Sébastien has one; Paul soon have one; Fred has none and doesn't want any. How do you react when friendships change, when your world shrinks to include only your new family, or when you get the feeling that your youth is definitely over?
- DirectorAndré MelançonStarsCédric JourdeMarie-Pierre A. D'AmourJulien ElieDuring Christmas holidays, the children of a small village split themselves into two groups and begin preparing a week-long snowball war. The rivalry opens up tension among group members, especially leaders Luc and Sophie.
- StarsCarl MarotteMichel ForgetYvan PontonThe year following the Stanley Cup victory, Pierre Lambert is chosen to play in a World Cup Tournament in Europe and Canada. However, he must cope with the breakup of his current girlfriend, then being chased by a crazed and doped photograph, and being harassed by his father-in-law who's the coach of Team Canada, fearing his "depression" may affect the team. He seems to find love with a cop's daughter, however, he must also cope with his sister's Suzy relationship with a french hockey player who has cancer, and befriends a Soviet player who dreams of defecting the USSR, whose lover is a KGB agent... Can he still get out of these situations and help Team Canada win the coveted championship ?
- StarsCarl MarotteMacha MérilMarc MessierWhile the "Quebec Nationals" hockey team tries to cope with its plays' many plots, the team faces a relocation to Hamilton, Ontario as the NH catches its current owner with gambling problems.
- StarsCarl MarotteMacha MérilYvan PontonThe personal and professional life of NHL hockey player Pierre Lambert. This series depicts accurately the underworld of hockey, a (almost) real behind-the-scenes look.
- StarsCarl MarotteMarc MessierMarina OrsiniDoug agrees to a meeting with Zabel, a prisoner who faces death for his crimes. This valuable information could bring down the deadly Esperanza organization, and a less severe sentence for Zabel, if the detectives can trust him.
- DirectorFrédéric D'AmoursStarsCarl MarotteJulie McClemensMarina OrsiniAfter a horrible bus accident, a hockey team return to form.