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Bête noire the collateral effects of an unforgivable act commited by Jérémy, a 16 year-old teenager. With the help of the psychiatrist-coroner in charge of the investigation, his mother tries to understand how her son, a seemingly normal boy, could commit such a heinous act. What caused this nightmare? When did everything change? Together, the two women try to solve the mystery of Jérémy.
A dangerous virus appears in a group of homeless people, causing a risk of outbreak. How long will it take Anne-Marie Leclerc, director of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory, to realize that an actual epidemic is starting to take shape?
Destiny forces three sisters to reunite 30 years after their last meeting. Having grown up in a commune founded by their father, today they lead lives marked by the traumas of their childhood.
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In a wealthy Montreal suburb, Xavier and his friends are composing with pre-teen boredom. They hang out at the park, ride their bikes, mess with each other; it's yet another suburban summer afternoon. But beneath the smiles lies a growing tension, an certain violence which leads the group to a collective release of unexpected intensity; a ritualistic initiation into adolescence.
Hyo-Jin attends the funeral of her younger sister in South Korea, her homeland. Denying the pain caused by her loss, she decides to shorten her stay in Korea and swiftly returns home to Montreal. But her sister’s death disturbs her daily life, triggering irrational thoughts despite her scientific and pragmatic spirit.
At the Palacio, an all-inclusive resort in the carribean, Mike's arrival complicates the normal flow of operations. His voracious appetite, mysterious magnetism and unexpected miracles bring him the curious, among which he makes three friends and meeets a few admirers, a jealous salsa teacher and an enamored octopus. All of whom will accompany him in a gargantuan downward spiral mixing civil unrest and intestinal meltdown; a change of administration held up by the most attentive staff in the world.
The movements are simple, but the body struggles to follow.
Two recently released prisoners learn to live in a sugar shack deep in the forest.
Montreal, 1991. Delphis, 11 years old, grows up in a disadvantaged neighborhood and an unstable family environment. One evening, he decides to take control of his life and becomes The Hurricane. Armed with a lightning bolt on his headband and his middle finger held high, he flees a world that has no place for him. With the police and the Youth Protection Services on his trail, he leaves a mother in distress and has significant encounters in the street. Conquering himself, his adventure is like a road trip, from Hochelag' to Berri, from one family to another. Under the impetus of a hasty adolescence, his freedom thumbs his nose at the indifference towards the marginalized. Social etiquettes burst forth in an assertive tone and sustained rhythm. Between punk music and Marjo, The Hurricane hits us in the face, without waiting to die!
Its another quiet summer day in Park Dufresne. The neighborhood youth loiter around the park until a new park monitor appears for his first day of work. Two universes clash and a territorial struggle begins.
Éloi, whose father was killed in a hunting accident a year ago, is called to take part in a strange tribute ceremony in the country. There, immersed in a disturbing world of strange mystical codes, he learns that his father was tracking a huge buck with awe-inspiring antlers alongside the “Indian”. After several outstanding short films, Aurtenèche delivers a first feature that obliquely references the legend of Saint Hubert, who encountered the Almighty while hunting a stag. A cryptic thriller, hidden manuscripts, the quest for self-knowledge, psychotropic drugs: La Contemplation du mystère boldly shifts between moods and genres.
Adapted from Jean-Christophe Réhel's novel, Ce qu'on respire sur Tatouine follows Christophe, a young poet with cystic fibrosis, whose humor, intelligence, and candor lead him down a strange path strewn with obstacles and laughter, resounding failures and moving encounters; a host of colorful characters accompany him on his inner odyssey. From Repentigny to Tatooine, by way of the CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal), the Super C (a supermarket), and New York, Christophe rarely makes the right choices, doesn't really take care of himself, but struggles as best he can to find his way between money and inspiration, between illness and pleasure, between love and death.
Nydia occupies her days by completing household chores and secretly reading poetry. Aspiring to escape a mapped out fate, she accepts a motorcycle ride invitation downtown from Jeff, a mysterious classmate of hers.
A rebellious poet befriends a woman and her son, leading him from the verge of self-destruction to the path of redemption.
Delphine is an ode to childhood, but also an examination of the wounds it can cause.
Some ghosts wait for the night, in the countryside. Among them, a couple dances the shared eternity.
Anne can’t face her face. Stuck in the "friendzone", Alexis drools over her. Between lust and saliva, it’s complicated.
December 31st, at dusk. Florence, 37 weeks pregnant, is preparing for new year’s eve party. Her friends arrive, they talk loudly, they get dressed and dance together before going out. Florence finally changes her mind and decides to stay home. As she lays down, at the sound of the windy night, she thinks about the arrival of a new year, and about her new life that is about to begin.
