In theatre
The Casa d’Italia, landmark of the Little Italy neighbourhood located at 505 Jean-Talon East (via Berri), 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!
Audience Choice
A tribe of ape-like beings are visited by a large black monolith. Thousands of years later, on the moon, a scientist discovers a similar object emitting a signal aimed at Jupiter.
Stanley Kubrick
United Kingdom
language: English
subtitles: French
134 min
International cinema
When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect.
Justine Triet
France
language: English, French, German
subtitles: French
153 min
Homegrown cinema
A documentary that pays tribute to difference, to uniqueness, to the islanders who decide to live on Anticosti for a year, a decade or a lifetime.
Pauline Voisard
Québec (Canada)
language: French
52 min
International cinema
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
Lina Soualem
Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
language: French, Arabic
subtitles: French
82 min
Homegrown cinema
Azaelle, Loue O’Farrell and LuFisto: the ruthless warriors of the ring engage in spectacular, relentless battles every weekend. Far from the galvanized crowds in front of which they perform, it’s in the intimacy of their homes that these three women open up with sensitivity.
Sarah Baril Gaudet
Québec (Canada)
language: French, English
subtitles: English
85 min
Listening session
Élevé dans la brume is an immersive sound journey that bears witness to the crab and lobster fishing season in the small village of Tête-à-la-Baleine on the Lower North Shore. Every year, the melting of the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence heralds the arrival of a new fishing season. The dices are cast.
Alain James Dubé
Québec (Canada)
language: French
90 min
Homegrown cinema
Light and dark, and the origins of photography and cinema form the framework of this “cinematic meditation”. Evanescent shadows glide into one another, weaving a spellbinding reverie in the inhabited half-light that brings us back to our presence in the world.
Catherine Martin
Québec (Canada)
language: French, Japanese
subtitles: French
86 min
Homegrown cinema
A wounded moose escapes its hunters, later dying deep in the forest and becoming… a communal feast. As the seasons go by, mammals, birds and insects invite themselves to the banquet – multiplying ensuing games, rituals and conflicts.
Robert Morin
Québec (Canada)
language: no dialog
75 min
International cinema
It’s Friday and Craig Jones has just been fired for stealing cardboard boxes. To make matters worse, he has to pay his rent, he hates his bossy girlfriend and his best friend, Smokey owes some local dealer money – and all this before lunch.
F. Gary Gray
United States
language: English
subtitles: French
97 min
Special event
In the spirit of celebrating and recognizing the talents of Quebec’s black communities, the Fondation Dynastie presents an evening devoted to the films of the five nominees in the “Director of the Year” category at the Gala Dynastie.
Québec (Canada)
Audience Choice
To regain his throne in Thessaly, Jason must conquer the Golden Fleece. He boards the Argo with the Argonauts, bold warriors and sailors, to reach the kingdom of Colchis.
Don Chaffey
United Kingdom, United States
language: English
subtitles: French
104 min
Homegrown cinema
“The Englishman”, a mystical archaeologist fresh out of prison, reunites with his band of grave robbers in search of a legendary doorway to the afterlife. One thing leads to another, and he becomes embroiled in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts.
Alice Rohrwacher
Italy, France, Switzerland
language: Italian, English
subtitles: English
130 min
Homegrown cinema
In Mexico, under the ashes and dust, the landscape fades away. Behind barbed-wire borders, forests, rivers and mountains fall into the hands of private companies. Here, the new masters and their mercenaries impose silence and terror.
Julien Elie
Canada
language: Spanish
subtitles: English
109 min
International cinema
Rudolf Höss is in charge of the Auschwitz camp. Alongside his demanding professional duties, he leads a peaceful family life. His wife Hedwig tends her flowers; his children play in the sun. And beyond the wall of the magnificent garden, daily extermination takes place.
Jonathan Glazer
United States, United Kingdom, Poland
language: German, Polish
subtitles: French
106 min
Listening session
Since its first season in 2021, the Les Impostures podcast has put forward the creative process of artists from all disciplines, from a feminist perspective.
Sidonie Gaulin
Québec (Canada)
language: French
60 min
International cinema
During the Second World War, young Mahito suffers a family tragedy and must move to the countryside. Isolated, Mahito begins to explore the mysterious landscapes around him, and meets a mysterious grey heron who guides him on a breathtaking adventure.
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan
language: Japanese, English
subtitles: French
124 min
International cinema
A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
language: Turkish
subtitles: French
197 min
International cinema
Hirayama’s daily routine is like a ritual. Every morning, after breakfast, he wanders around Tokyo, taking care of the public toilets. This daily quietude is disrupted by the arrival of his niece Niko, a presence that will reveal past wounds.
Wim Wenders
Japan, Germany
language: Japanese, English
subtitles: French
125 min
Ages 7 and up
No, it wasn’t Linda who took her mother Paulette’s ring! And now Paulette, who can’t cook, would do anything to make it up to her, even a chicken with peppers.
Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta
France, Italy
language: French
subtitles: English
76 min
Homegrown cinema
In Saigon, family culture holds on against all odds, even when filial ties are broken. In a mosaic of intimate portraits, Má Sài Gòn adopts the gaze of LGBTQ+ communities to explore a deeply human quest for love, acceptance, connection and belonging.
Khoa Lê
Québec (Canada)
language: Vietnamese
subtitles: French
100 min
Homegrown cinema
Ten years after the opening of the huge Malartic open-pit gold mine, the expected economic miracle has become a mirage. Director Nicolas Paquet reveals the inner workings of an opaque decision-making system where the citizenry has no say.
Nicolas Paquet
Québec (Canada)
language: French
88 min
Cinéma international
Seydou and Moussa, two 16-year-old Senegalese youths, decide to leave their homeland for Europe, but their dreams and hopes of a better life are soon dashed by the dangers of the journey. Their only weapon in this Homerian adventure is their humanity.
Matteo Garrone
Italy, Belgium, France
language: Wolof, French, Arabic, English
subtitles: French
120 min
Audience Choice
A fastidious composer reeling from a disastrous concert travels to Venice to recover. There, he is struck by a vision of pure beauty in the form of a young boy named Tadzio, his infatuation developing into an obsession even as rumors of a plague spread through the city.
Luchino Visconti
Italy
language: English
subtitles: French
131 min
International cinema
Working for a faceless multinational, Angela seeks out the star of a future prevention video on workplace safety, and in the process, trolls toxic masculinity on TikTok.
Radu Jude
Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia
language: Romanian, English, German
subtitles: French
163 min
New restoration
Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word “nostalghia” conveys “the love for your homeland and the melancholy that arises from being far away.” This debilitating form of homesickness is embodied in the film by Andrei, a Russian intellectual doing research in Italy.
Andreï Tarkovski
Italy, Russia
language: Italian, Russian
subtitles: English
130 min
Ages 4 and up
A flower fairy who lives alone in a rosebush ,becomes friends with an adventurous butterfly. The butterfly is kidnapped by an evil stone troll, the fairy set out on a dangerous journey to save her friend.
Karla Nor Holmbäck
Denmark
language: French
75 min
Homegrown cinema
After a dangerous sea crossing and a stay in a camp in Malaysia, young Vietnamese Tinh and her family are accepted as refugees in Canada and arrive in Granby, where they begin their new life. But for Tinh, adapting has its share of difficulties.
Charles-Olivier Michaud
Québec (Canada)
language: French, Vietnamese
subtitles: French
117 min
Homegrown cinema
Manawan, 1977. A vehicle falls into a river near a Native community. Two Quebecers escape, but five Atikamekws lose their lives. While the police conclude that it was an accident, the victims’ families are left with unanswered questions.
Chloé Leriche
Québec (Canada)
language: Atikamekw, French
subtitles: English
103 min
