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La Femme Cachée faces buried trauma; En Fanfare celebrates the power of music; and Saint-Exupéry tells an old-style adventure story
Read MoreSweeping biopic returns with nostalgic songs and atmospheric cinematography
Read MoreWhite rabbits and Magritte clouds, as Visions Ouest presents film of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s epic and affecting multimedia performance
Read MoreAt Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, movie captures the poetry, imagery, and culture shocks of refugee family’s journey to Quebec
Read MoreMaking its Vancouver premiere at Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, Julien Capraro’s new NFB movie assesses the good, the bad, and the ugly of the emerging laptop-and-sweatpants generation
Read MoreIn the movie based on critically lauded Quebec play La Meute, two people form an unlikely bond in a remote B&B
Read MoreTwo-part lineup hosted by Visions Ouest Productions features over 60 titles, including Haitian director Henri Pardo’s partly autobiographical film KANAVAL
Read MoreFrom Quebec, a manic and stylized satire of sexism, plus a defiantly nonjudgmental look at female sex addicts
Read MoreRendez-Vous French Film Festival matinee features Q&A with Quebec codirector Sarah Nacer
Read MoreFilm is based on the true 1960s story of Romain Gary and Jean Seberg, and their struggles to retrain a dog bred to attack Black people
Read MoreBoth films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events
Read MoreWarmhearted without being cloying, Ken Scott’s latest film takes a charming trip to Quebec’s postcard-pretty Magdalen Islands
Read MoreSweeping Balzac adaptation won Best Picture at the César Awards based
Read MoreCatch a flick at the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival and head to St. Lawrence Restaurant for chef J-C Poirier’s seasonal sugar-shack menu
Read MoreGrégory Gadebois plays Pierre Manceron, a chef in demand by royalty
Read MoreRendez-Vous French Film Festival opener makes flowing connections between the worlds of science and art
Read MoreLush period pieces and poetic docs, with tribute to late Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallée
Read MoreVisions Ouest Productions and Alliance Francaise screening takes a ferocious look at lives of women in early-19th-century France
Read MoreThe Quebec folk-rock group’s new concert-event joins a roster of cinema from around the world
Read MoreStreaming at Rendez-Vous, story of artist Josep Bartoli maintains a moral clarity amid war
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