Movies: Danielle Proulx

The preparations for the Christmas holidays turn into a nightmare for a mother of three children of whom she shares custody with her ex-husband....

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while...

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values....

A 12-year-old girl faces a father she hardly remembers after his transition into a woman....

In this melodrama, Marie and Pierre (Danielle Proulx and Marc Messier) are a comfortably middle-class couple who want the ultimate accessory: a baby. Their efforts to conceive naturally have been unsuccessful, so they decide to try using the newest a...

A 12-year-old girl finds herself stranded on a lonely Caribbean island with a 20-year old retarded man in this sensitively rendered Canadian drama from Quebec. Emile and Cedrine are first seen during their rescue in which both are nearly in a coma. T...

A little girl and her mother, an old man and his wife, and three couples in search of equilibrium are weakened by a drama that then tightens their bond, making them stronger and closer through adversity....

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles....

It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police....

Navigating the treacherous social tides of high school, Marine is cut adrift by Océane, her older sister who’s caught in the thrall of an older man. Meanwhile, their mother struggles to keep her head above water....

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When Remy, an ad consultant, falls in love with Sarah, the newest star of an ad campaign, sparks fly. The only problem is that they are both married. Sarah's husband knows she will eventually get tired of Remy while his wife just can't let go. At fir...

In a public mall bathroom, Lilly, François, and their 6-year-old daughter bid farefell to an unborn family member....

In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepher...

This feature documentary zooms in on Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges borough, where over 75 ethnic groups live side by side in a dizzying swirl of sound and colour. One day, filmmaker Lucie Lachapelle began knocking on the doors that isolated her from her...

A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer's....

A blind woman and her eight-year-old grandson walk over a carpet of dead leaves in a park. She recounts him the terrible story of the morning she woke up completely blind, years before he was born. The boy is frightened and sadden by the realization ...