Tributes — Retrospectives — Films about cinema
QUéBEC, Canada | 82 minutes | 1980
It all happens in one day. A group of men and women are at the bar where a wedding reception was due to take place. The former wait to be served by the latter, who’ve decided that as of now, they do only what they feel like doing. All of the film’s many women share the same desire to break free from the shackles that bind them. In its frontal attack on gender roles and male domination, La cuisine rouge marked a milestone in Quebec cinema. Can a dialogue between the sexes ever be possible?Restored versionQ&A with Paule BaillargeonPresented by Éléphant: mémoire du cinéma québécois
No biography
Imagine one day, you wake up and all your friends have disappeared. Friends that were supposed to be there, are not. You look for them everywhere. In all...
Short film, Fiction
FRANCE | 16 minutes | 2017
Four Sudanese directors, friends for over 45 years, decide to take up an unlikely challenge: bringing movies back to a country where all theatres have been...
Feature film, Documentary
FRANCE, SUDAN, GERMANY, CHAD | 93 minutes | 2019
Through a gallery of colourful characters, mordant humour and jittery camerawork, Forcier draws a tender portrait of a group of friends from a...
Feature film, Fiction
QUéBEC, CANADA | 92 minutes | 1977
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