Micheline Lanctôt Movies

Montréal, 1959. In the classroom of Sister Cecilia, Leonie (aged 11) first met Father Malachy, a young Dominican father who has come to visit...

A pilot who has not flown in years due to an accident has to deal with unexpected visitors and financial woes on the day he decides to return to the...

Louise is living in Montreal, unemployed. Her sister Paulette often gives her a hard time. She only gets to see her poetry-quoting married boyfriend...

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National...

This poignant human drama is phrased as a "small sonata" in three movements -- a novel approach by director and writer Micheline Lactôt to tell...

Jean-Charles has an unusual relationship with his mother. He can't break free of her influence even when writing his master's thesis, made up of...

The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.

Poetry and cinema merge as 11 filmmakers bring to life 21 poems by Québécois poets.

An epidemic of yellow crawling brains threatens the lives of inhabitants in a reclusive Northern Quebec town.

Leo, a lonely, anxious pizza delivery guy, stumbles upon John, a mysterious taxi driver seeking lonesome souls. This unusual encounter throws the...

The disjointed story of Anne-Marie, an unemployed publicist pounding the pavement in Montreal with her mini-cam, collecting testimonials on the...

In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister...

Colette's life is shattered when her husband dies in a mysterious road accident. This may bring her closer to her daughter Gabrielle, a young bulimic...

A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.

Jack Richards, a professor in his 50's, has apparently gone mad over the supposed abduction of his daughter by a sinister cult. Wallowing in...

One of Canada's talented directors, actress Micheline Lanctot expresses an effective, engaging approach in this simple, poignant drama about Armand...

A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the...

A Canadian couple reunites with the German POW they befriended during World War II.

Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this documentary raises questions, while offering a voice to...