Denys Arcand – MRQE

Gina

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.

The Fall of the American Empire

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and happens to pick up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. Though an interrogation of two tough police detectives isn’t enough, the guy, who has a doctor’s degree in philosophy which makes his mind mingle with remorse, must find a way to get rid of this dirty money. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker who came out of jail might get him out of trouble, especially that a gang leader is very weary to get his cash back or kill whoever is responsible for this mess. However, even the two bumbling detectives are monitoring the case as well.

Le Règne de la beauté

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An architect and his wife see their relationship challenged.

L’âge des ténèbres

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Days of Darkness

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he’s a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?

Invasions barbares, Les

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this belated sequel to ‘The Decline of the American Empire’, 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who asks their estranged son Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on.

Stardom

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.

Joyeux Calvaire

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Marcel and Joseph are tireless walkers. Their itinerary is an invitation to discover improbable places and fascinating people. Everlastingly looking for Stanley, Marcels only friend, they meet an unlikely crowd of extravagant characters. Each has a story to tell, his hope to share.

Love & Human Remains

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual affairs. As David and Candy’s odd assortment of friends including a telepathic sex worker and an ill-tempered yuppie pass in and out of their beds, a serial murder stalks the city’s women.

Love & Human Remains

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000