Never forget where you come from. This is the subject of this new feature on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Having already begun with Denys Arcand's most respected work Le déclin de l'empire américain and another little gem he has directed in the 1970's Gina. This series of reviews will highlight and present the films that represent our part of the world. Some films aren't masterpieces and sometimes they even might be cultural phenomenon more than great works of art. However, they represent what we are as a society and what reflects of this population. This is far from being a separatist or political post. Politics is the last thing I want to discuss here and I prefer if morale or philosophy is dialogued more than opinions and editorials about nationalism. This is a blog about Cinema and it will always stay like this.
The Films:
Ti-Coq (Gratien Gélinas & René Delacroix, 1953)
Pour la suite du monde (Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault et Marcel Carrière, 1963)
À tout prendre (Claude Jutra, 1963)
Le chat dans le sac (Gilles Groulx, 1964)
Deux femmes en or (Claude Fournier, 1970)
Mon oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra, 1971)La vraie nature de Bernadette (Gilles Carle, 1972)
La mort d'un bûcheron (Gilles Carle, 1973)
Les ordres (Michel Brault, 1974)
Gina aka Stone Cold Revenge (Denys Arcand, 1975)J.A. Martin, photographe (Jean Beaudin, 1976)
L'eau chaude, l'eau frette (André Forcier, 1976)
Les bons débarras (Francis Mankiewicz, 1980)
Crac (Frédéric Back, 1980)
Les Plouffe (Gilles Carle, 1981)
Au clair de la Lune (André Forcier, 1982)
Bonheur d'occasion (Claude Fournier, 1983)
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (Denys Arcand, 1984)
Elvis Gratton (Pierre Falardeau & Julien Poulin, 1985)
Le déclin de l'empire américain aka The Decline of the American Empire (Denys Arcand, 1986)L'homme qui plantait des arbres (Frédéric Back, 1987)
Dans le ventre du dragon (Yves Simoneau, 1989)
Jésus de Montréal (Denys Arcand, 1989)
Being at home with Claude (Jean Beaudin, 1991)
Léolo (Jean-Claude Lauzon, 1992)
Octobre (Pierre Falardeau, 1994)
La liste noire (Jean-Marc Vallée, 1995)
Les Boys aka The Boys (Louis Saïa, 1997)
Emporte-moi (Léa Pool, 1999)
Le Nèg' (Robert Morin, 2002)
Québec-Montréal (Ricardo Trogi, 2002)Séraphin: Un homme et son péché (Charles Binamé, 2002)
Les invasions barbares aka The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand, 2003)La grande séduction (Jean-François Pouliot, 2003)
Sur le seuil (Éric Tessier, 2003)
Les Aimants (Yves P. Pelletier, 2004)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2005)
Horloge biologique (Ricardo Trogi, 2005)
Maurice Richard (Charles Binamé, 2005)
Bon Cop, Bad Cop (Érik Canuel, 2006)
Cheech (Patrick Sauvé, 2006)
Congorama (Philippe Falardeau, 2006)
L'âge des ténêbres (Denys Arcand, 2007)
Bluff (Simon-Olivier Fecteau & Marc-André Lavoie, 2007)
Continental, un film sans fusil (Stéphane Lafleur, 2007)
À l'ouest de Pluton (Henry Bernadet & Myriam Verreault, 2008)
Borderline (Lyne Charlebois, 2008)1981 (Ricardo Trogi, 2009)
J'ai tué ma mère (Xavier Dolan, 2009)
Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve, 2009)
De père en flic (Émile Gaudreault, 2009)
Les doigts croches (Ken Scott, 2009)
Incendies (Denis Villeneuve, 2010)Les 7 jours du Talion (Podz, 2010)
Les amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan, 2010)
Café de Flore (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2011)
Monsieur Lazhar (Philippe Falardeau, 2011)
Nuit#1 (Anne Émond, 2011)
Starbuck (Ken Scott, 2011)
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Any suggestions, comments, questions, complaints... Please give me a feedback!
Awesome thanks again for doing this series! I'm pretty well caught up with the most recent stuff in the last 5 years or so, but as I said before I lack knowledge of the older films in this list, and that's what I most look forward to learning about.
ReplyDeleteAll the pleasure's for me! It is like giving back to my origins but also to let the rest of the world discover more about the films made in Québec. It is also a treat for me because many of the older films are far in my memory or I still haven't seen them yet.
DeleteThis is really exciting! I know very little about the Québec film community and I can't wait to learn more. Mon Oncle Antoine is the only one I've seen off of the list.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are interested John! Is the Criterion release that got you into Jutra's film? You atre one of the few people who have seen this film! I will do a revisit of it very soon I have some analogies that needs to be explored about the meanings of the film.
DeleteBelle liste, je n'ai pas vu beaucoup de films de Claude Jutra et Gilles Carle. Mais il manque un classique à ta liste : les Voisins :-)
ReplyDeleteOui je sais! Je voulais l'inclure mais je n'ai pas encore cherché son année de sortie. Il y aura des ajouts au fil du temps c'est certain. J'ai voulu faire un premier tour d'horizon avec cette première liste et ensuite l'enrichir au fil du temps et des écoutes.
DeleteOut of all of those, I've only seen C.R.A.Z.Y. (and no, I didn't figure out the origin of the title until it showed it to me at the beginning of the credits.) A co-worker loaned it to me to see if I would pick up on the title.
ReplyDeleteIsn't The Red Violin (Le Violin Rouge) a Quebec movie? I've seen that and liked it quite a bit.
Yes it is. For no reason I didn't put it in the list. Maybe later, I know it was well received at the time at it looks like a very good film... C.R.A.Z.Y. is actually one of my favorite films from Québec! I like the directing and the performances.
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