Denys Arcand Movies

A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that...

Artist and writer Marc Séguin offers his first film which is about a woman named Alice who steals paintings in order to reattribute them to...

This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable...

Interview with director Denys Arcand about his documentary work. Conducted on the premises of the canadian National Film Board (NFB).

A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.

An anthology of sequences from the best films that the National Film Board of Canada produced since its beginnings. Divided by themes and presented...

Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman...

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...

Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return earth to help former agronomist...

In the seventeenth century, a grieving Portuguese nun writes to her lover, an officer in the French army, who abandoned her.

Working as a pharmacy clerk while dreaming of escape through dance, Normande St-Onge supports a household of dependent and unstable relatives. As her...

In 1929, Mr. Messier, owner of a small print shop in a village in Quebec became a widower, he lives with his two children, Rachel, 9 years old, and...

Director Denys Arcand made an inquiry on textile industry in Quebec, meeting employers and workers of that industry.

Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister,...

This film establishes a parallel between the 1970 electoral campaign in Québec and the 1936 campaign dominated by Maurice Duplessis. It shows...

Every morning, Marcel confides in his tape recorder. It is from his reflections on life that this film takes us into the wake of his story.

When was Canada populated by Native Americans from the West? This film relates the discovery of the New World from the time of the Vikings, around...

Three American tourists explore Quebec guided by an imaginative leader, in an atmosphere of health and good humor. Baroque incidents, romance, and...