I'm really touched by Quebec cinema.
First of all, it was "Les Invasions Barbares" (2003), followed by its forerunner "Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain" (1986) and later by "L'Âge des Ténèbres" (2007), known as Denys Arcand's trilogy. Nausea feelings while watching them drew my attention to this interesting cinema.
However, I was far from getting into that... Only nowadays I can really affirm I felt in love with it.
Robert Lapage's "La Face Cachée de la Lune" (2003), and more recently Jean Phillipe Pearson's "Le Bonheur des Autres" (2011), Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar" (2011) and finally: Jean-Claude Lord's "Parlez-nous d'Amour" (1976), they were all fateful to crush on it.
Robert Lapage's "La Face Cachée de la Lune" (2003), and more recently Jean Phillipe Pearson's "Le Bonheur des Autres" (2011), Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar" (2011) and finally: Jean-Claude Lord's "Parlez-nous d'Amour" (1976), they were all fateful to crush on it.
Actually there are still some titles I'm very interested as "Québec sur Ordonnance (2007, Paul Arcand), "Jésus de Montréal" (1989, Denys Arcand), "Incendies" (2010, Denis Villeneuve), "Le vendeur" (2011, Sébastien Pilote), "Starbuck" (2011, Ken Scott), C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) and "Café de Flore" (2011) by Jean-Marc Vallée, "J'ai tué ma mère" (2009) and "Les Amours Imaginaires" (2010) both by Xavier Dolan, and so on...
Yesterday I was in delight watching their Le soirée des Justras, the Quebec Oscar. More than its winners, I was involved by the idiom, their culture, all proximity of being here, and also the similarity between them and our RS cinema... everything fascinates me! I could made out they love for movies, and mainly that they have a promising (prometeur - in French) and strong film business here, an excellent cinema trade... Not cold - not at all!
Hmmm, I like it! Thanks, Pat, for introducing me all the magic of your cinema.
'L'eau chaude, l'eau frette' d'André Forcier could be add to your list.
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