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
Ages 8 and up
It’s back in 52 BC. Cleopatra’s Egypt is under the yoke of the Roman Empire. What’s worse is that Cleopatra has had the good sense to choose Caesar for her boyfriend.
Alain Chabat
France
language: French
108 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
International cinema
Michael, the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack escalates, Michael is drawn into a devastating chain of events, forcing him to confront the horrors of his past.
Christopher Andrews
United Kingdom
language: English
subtitles: French
106 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
International cinema
Pansy is a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing sister is a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their clashing temperaments.
Mike Leigh
United Kingdom
language: English
subtitles: French
97 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
Double bill
Ahead of the release of Eat the Night, Cinéma Public and Ritual Films present a programme of two films by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
France
language: French
subtitles: English
119 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
Homegrown cinema
In this gripping documentary, Ayana O’Shun (The Myth of the Black Woman) explores the phenomenon of absent fathers in Black communities, through the personal stories of the director and luminous, resilient women from Canada and Guadeloupe.
Ayana O'Shun
Québec (Canada)
language: French
75 min
Homegrown cinema
Reynold is dying of stomach cancer. He uses the occasion of his last meals to share them with his daughter Vanessa, whom he hasn’t seen in 20 years. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, with traditional dishes acting as reminders of the past.
Maryse Legagneur
Québec (Canada)
language: French, Haitian Creole
subtitles: French
111 min
International cinema
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius. Their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families.
Mira Nair
United States
language: English, Swahili
subtitles: French
117 min
Ages 9 and up
Philippe, an opera composer, is forced to take in Simone, his rebellious, eccentric niece whose best friend is a skunk. Despite their diametrically opposed personalities, Philippe and Simone discover that they may need each other more than they first thought.
Yan Lanouette Turgeon
Québec (Canada)
language: French
119 min
Homegrown cinema
Noriko Oi, a Japanese-Canadian woman who lives in Montreal, is about to return to Nagasaki, her hometown. She decides to reconstruct the past of her mother Mitsuko, a survivor of the atomic bomb, in the hope of passing down her cultural heritage to her children.
Laurence Lévesque
Québec (Canada)
language: Japanese
subtitles: French
96 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
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
International cinema
In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam’s father’s remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.
Trương Minh Quý
Vietnam
language: Vietnamese
subtitles: English
128 min
