A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts. “After The Wonders and Happy as Lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher once again shines a light on her native region, Tuscany, in this (re)invented mythological tale. “The Englishman” (Josh O’Connor), a mystical archaeologist with a talent for dowsing for buried treasure, has just been released from […]
In collaboration with the FNC 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 […]
Special screening with filmmaker Julien Elie in attendance Five years after Dark Suns, Julien Elie returns with a rigorously researched work, asserting itself as a genuine cinematic piece. This time, he turns the spotlight on the regime of terror and violence forged by transnational companies, in collaboration with the Mexican government and organized crime allowing […]
*As part of our CONTES POUR TOUS cycle in tribute to producer Rock Demers* “12-year-old Daphne is an exceptionally sensitive girl who knows how to sing to the whales and has dolphins as her best friends. Those spectacular undersea animals seem to respond to the sound of her flute. Daphne, known as Tadpole, will do […]
For the return of our morning screening series, Petits Modernes, the Cinéma Moderne is pleased to present La guerre des tuques (from La Fête productions and director André Melançon) as part of our new series, Tales for All, in tribute to producer Rock Demers. “La guerre des tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War) tells […]
4K Restoration Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with La haine, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’s outskirts. Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), […]
Adam, amateur-dancer and saxophone player, decides to do a remake of a ballet titled Suite Canadienne by Ludmilla Chiriaeff, that was first broadcast nationally on Quebec television in 1958, featuring ballet dancers disguised as peasants, traversing a fantasized colonial rural scene. *RIDM 2023
This feature film by Gilles Carle is a classic of French-Canadian cinema. During the year’s worst storm, a humble snow-plow operator is forced to perform miracles, from clearing the streets to making his wife happy. Not to mention the multitude of errands in between. But Léopold is a happy-go-lucky kind of guy, and things usually […]
Part of our cycle “Frank et Eleanor Perry: Marginalités latentes”, in collaboration with Hors Champ Screening followed by a discussion with actress, screenwriter and director Micheline Lanctôt During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the normal routines of a rural elementary school are thrown into a panic when the civil defense alarm sirens go off, warning […]
In a country offering almost no treatment services despite a crisis of addiction, Laila Haidari took the highly unusual decision to found her own pioneering addiction treatment center and a restaurant where all of the waiters are recovering heroin addicts. A deeply personal perspective on the global addiction epidemic, the film follows the labor of […]