In theatre
Casa d’Italia – 505 Jean-Talon E
Landmark of the Little Italy neighbourhood, the Casa d’Italia is our anchor point to offer you more screenings, events and meetings. With Jean-Talon station right across the street, there’s no excuse to miss a good movie on the big screen!
International cinema
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Sean Baker
United States
language: English, Russian
subtitles: French
139 min
Homegrown cinema
Following the rhythm imposed by the elements, Sylvain L’Espérance patiently observes the sea, plants, rocks, and clouds cohabitate and their interactions with the contrasting sunlight.
Sylvain L'Espérance
Québec (Canada)
language: no dialogues
71 min
International Cinema
In Mumbai, Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Anu tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
Payal Kapadia
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
language: Malayalam, Hindi
subtitles: French
114 min
Ages 4 and up
10 species of animals among so many others are born, live, and become accustomed to each other along beside a river. The long-eared owl, the kingfisher, the European pond turtle, the fire salamander, the emperor dragonfly… They all shout: “Hello world!”
Anne-Lise Koehler, Eric Serre
France
language: French
61 min
The Milieu Trilogy
Released from prison, Ugo tries to convince the police, the mafia, and his one-time associate Rocco, a sadistic hoodlum who enjoys sick violence and torture, that he wants to go straight, but everyone believes he has $300,000 of stolen money hidden somewhere.
Fernando Di Leo
Italy
language: Italian, English
subtitles: English
88 min
Homegrown cinema
Jeff is invited by his friend Max to travel deep into the woods and stay with them at the lodge of film director Blake Cadieux. Jeff has high expectations for the trip: Cadieux is an artist he greatly admires – plus Max’s sister Aliocha, with whom Jeff is in love, is also coming.
Philippe Lesage
Québec (Canada), France
language: French
161 min
Ages 8 and up
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. They navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
Gints Zilbalodis
Latvia, France, Belgium
language: no dialogue
84 min
Homegrown cinema
Sound and image stare each other in the face as Intercepted contrasts quiet compositions of everyday life of Ukrainians since the full-scale invasion with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families.
Oksana Karpovych
Québec (Canada), France, Ukraine
language: Russian, Ukrainian
subtitles: French
93 min
Regards italiens de Montréal
An unprecedented language crisis unfolded in the heart of the town of Saint-Leonard in 1968-1969. The conflict spread throughout Québec and culminated in a bloody riot.
Félix Rose
Québec (Canada)
language: French
108 min
International cinema
It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with Julia, who cannot commit to a relationship.
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Mexico, United States
language: English, Spanish, French, Arabic
subtitles: English
139 min
Homegrown cinema
Aicha’s family lives in anguish after the departure of her eldest sons Mehdi and Amine to the violent embrace of war. When Mehdi unexpectedly returns home with a mysterious pregnant wife, a darkness emerges, threatening to consume the entire village.
Meryam Joobeur
France, Canada, Tunisia
language: Arabic
subtitles: French
110 min
International cinema
The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of Maria Callas, the world’s greatest female opera singer. Angelina Jolie gives one of the best performances of her career in this third biopic by Pablo Larraín, following Jackie and Spencer.
Pablo Larraín
Italy, Germany, Chile, United States
language: English
subtitles: French
124 min
Homegrown cinema
A widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive 15-year-old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their unpredictable ménage, the new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers needed support.
Xavier Dolan
Québec (Canada)
language: French
134 min
Champ libre: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Passion brews quietly between an artist and her subject, until together they create a space in which it can briefly flourish, in this sumptuous eighteenth-century romance from Céline Sciamma.
Céline Sciamma
France
language: French
subtitles: English
119 min min
International cinema
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City in his early 50s, spends his days almost entirely alone. His encounter with Eugene Allerton shows him, for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.
Luca Guadagnino
Italy, United States
language: English
subtitles: French
135 min
Homegrown cinema
Suffering from an incurable cancer, Simon has requested medical assistance in dying. This documentary follows him and his partner, Marianne, during their final weeks together. From their discussions emerge their views on death, but above all on life and love.
Martin Fournier, Pier-Luc Latulippe
Québec (Canada)
language: French
71 min
Ages 3 to 10
Juliette and Carmen, two intrepid sisters aged 4 and 8, discover a secret passage to the Kingdom of the Winds, their favourite book.
Benoît Chieux
Belgium, France
language: French
80 min
Les insomniaques
A laid-up polyamorous bicycle courier discovers that her older, scholarly boyfriend has been keeping a sinister secret in his closet. This wild metafiction will be shown alongside the short film Serve the Country by Fabian Velasco and Milos Mitrovic.
Nate Wilson
Canada
language: English
72 min
The Milieu Trilogy
The ruthless killer Lanzetta enters a small cinema during the screening of a porn movie and massacres with grenade launchers the gang of the boss Antonino Attardi. It will cause a sequence of twists and turns. Third and last part of Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy.
Fernando Di Leo
Italy
language: Italian, English
subtitles: English
100 min
The Milieu Trilogy
When a shipment of heroin disappears, a small-time pimp is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched to rub him out, while the real thieves are rushing to kill him first.
Fernando Di Leo
Italy, West Germany
language: Italian, English
subtitles: English
88 min
International cinema
You’ve got to try this new product: The Substance. It generates another you. Younger, more beautiful, more perfect. And there’s only one rule: You share time. One week for you. One week for the new you. If you respect the balance… what could possibly go wrong?
Coralie Fargeat
United Kingdom, United States, France
language: English
subtitles: French
140 min
International cinema
This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army.
Maura Delpero
Italy, France
language: Italian
subtitles: French
119 min
