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French Film Festival · 2012

French Film Festival 2012

Québec Cinema Showcase

Some of the best from Canada. Also featuring a showcase of Québec shorts.

Programme

5 films · 2 reviews

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Bestiaire

Review preview for Bestiaire

This is a challenging and rewarding piece that reflects your own thoughts as much as those of the filmmaker.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary meditation on man's relationship with animals.

(Country: Canada, France; Year: 2012; Director: Denis Côté; Writer: Denis Côté)

Behind Closed Doors (Catimini)

Drama about four girls under the care of Child Protection Services.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Nathalie Saint-Pierre; Writer: Nathalie Saint-Pierre; Stars: Emilie Bierre, Rosine Chouinard-Chauveau, Roger Larue, Frédérique Paré, Joyce Tamara-Hall, Isabelle Vincent)

Karakara

A retired professor in his early sixties goes on a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa.

(Country: Japan, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Claude Gagnon; Writer: Claude Gagnon; Stars: Youki Kudoh, Gabriel Arcand, Megumi Tomita, Atta Yuichi, John Potter, Toshi Moromi, Tenyu Okuda, Takayuki Ichise, Mieko Taira, Toshiko Taira)

Laurence Anyways

Review preview for Laurence Anyways

Poupaud and Clement subtly delineate their character’s changes while maintaining an intensity that keeps the audience involved amid all the flashy distractions.

Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
A teacher and aspiring writer in Nineties Montreal tells his girlfriend he wants to live as a woman.

(Country: Canada, France; Year: 2012; Director: Xavier Dolan; Writer: Xavier Dolan; Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri)

Starbuck

A middle-aged slacker finds himsel confronted by the pregnancy of his lover... and a class action lawsuit filed by 142 people fathered from his sperm donations.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2011; Director: Ken Scott; Writer: Ken Scott, Martin Petit; Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, Marc Bélanger, Igor Ovadis, David Michael, Patrick Martin, David Giguère, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Sebastien Beaulac, Patrick Caux, Catherine De Sève, Patrick Labbé, André Lanthier)