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!
Journeys to Italy
One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ marks the moment when the director’s always-personal approach fully embraced self-reflexivity, turning one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.
Federico Fellini
Italy
language: Italian
subtitles: English
138 min
Homegrown cinema
Filmed over seasonal years, this unscripted project unfolds entirely without narration or dialogue, instead relying on the aural textures of wind, water, animal and human life, and ceremony to tell the story of a people fully rooted in their land.
Darlene Naponse
Canada
language: No dialogue
82 min
Homegrown cinema
Amadou & Mariam, the blind musical duo from Mali, embark on an extraordinary journey to record a new album, reconnect with their roots, and redefine their iconic music.
Ryan Marley
Canada
language: English, French, Bambara
subtitles: French
88 min
Ages 8 and up
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl named Iris sees a mysterious boy dressed in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. His name is Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and does everything she can to help him return home.
Ugo Bienvenu
France
language: French
82 min
Homegrown cinema
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island. Their fresh start is disrupted by Jeremy, the eldest son, whose antisocial tendencies are becoming increasingly troubling.
Sophy Romvari
Canada
language: English, Hungarian
subtitles: French
90 min
L’image fantôme
Through sensitive and poetic approaches, this program explores the relationship of people living with disabilities to the world around them, revealing their intimate and singular perceptions of reality.
Zeinabu irene Davis ; Sarah Seené
United States ; Québec (Canada)
language: English, American Sign Language, French
subtitles: English
121 min
60th anniversary
Believing the world to be “spoiled,” two brash young women embark on a series of pranks in which nothing is taken seriously. Daisies is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema.
Věra Chytilová
Czechoslovakia
language: Czech
subtitles: English
76 min
Homegrown cinema
A documentary essay exploring the bonds between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection and exploitation collide. Blending realism, political engagement, and a dreamlike approach, the film calls for a rethinking of our connection to the living world.
Pascale Ferland
Quebec (Canada)
language: French, Anishinaabemowin, Innu-aimum
subtitles: French
123 min
International cinema
Corvette, Sade and Mariah make a living reselling garments lifted from the boutiques controlled by the powerful Christie Smith. Then, teleporting in from China, young factory worker Jianhu arrives to expose the squalid conditions in which the brand’s products are made.
Boots Riley
United States
language: English
subtitles: French
113 min
Homegrown cinema
After a year of filming abroad, Manu, a once prominent actor, returns to his hometown. But getting back into the business isn’t as easy as he thought. He’s no longer sure of anything. Against all odds, he lands a job hosting a nighttime call-in radio show.
Jennifer Alleyn
Québec (Canada)
language: French
subtitles: English
96 min
In Hope and Indignation
In the Vosges forests, Vincent learned everything from his father Michel, a naturalist who spent his life observing wildlife in the woods. Now it is time for them to pass on this knowledge to Vincent’s son. Three perspectives, three generations, one shared fascination with wildlife.
Vincent Munier
France
language: French
93 min
Journeys to Italy
In Sicily, Tancredi, nephew of the Prince of Salina, falls for Angelica, daughter of the mayor Calogero Sedara — one of those bourgeois said to be wealthier than the Prince himself. Prince Salina will consent to the marriage as a sign of “the changing times.”
Luchino Visconti
Italie
language: Italian
subtitles: French
185 min
Homegrown cinema
Grace Pine, a 24-year-old music critic, moves to Montreal in the summer of 2011 with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. Instead, she falls in love with two guys in the same struggling indie rock band, vowing to become their publicist.
Chandler Levack
Canada
language: English
subtitles: French
111 min
Homegrown cinema
A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major art collector. Mihail is sent there, 30 years after leaving his home country, to assess the value of the girl’s work and confront the ghosts of his past.
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Québec (Canada), Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy
language: French, Bulgarian, English
subtitles: French
103 min
International cinema
Rising sea levels threaten 70% of the world’s population. In response, architects, scientists, and engineers are developing futuristic solutions: floating cities that adapt to the oceans.
Xavier Marquis
France
language: French
53 min
Homegrown cinema
The Barbarian believes he has only a few erections left before death. Cursed to a life in a thrift shop and haunted by family tragedy, he sets his sights on Marie, an alcoholic special-ed teacher. If he must go, he figures, he might as well go out in good company.
Olivier Godin
Québec (Canada)
language: French, Japanese, Arabic
subtitles: French
75 min
In memory of Marjane Satrapi
Tehran, 1978. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Marjane, now required to wear the veil, begins to picture herself as a revolutionary. Internal repression grows harsher by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious stances become a problem.
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
France
language: French
subtitles: English
97 min
International cinema
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new relatives, uncertain whether she will be embraced or met with resistance.
Carla Simón
Spain
language: Spanish
subtitles: French
115 min
Special screening
Charlie loves her husband John, even though he is a serial killer. She’s been trying to get him to quit for years. When he finally does quit to protect her, she’s thrilled, but the police soon show up and threaten to upend their new suburban life.
Jay Reid
Canada
language: English
105 min
New restoration
Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba, a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises!
Antônio Carlos da Fontoura
Brazil
language: Portuguese
subtitles: English
100 min
International cinema
Okuyama, after being disfigured in an accident, agrees to his psychiatrist’s radical experiment: a face transplant, created from the mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from the world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darker temptations.
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japan
language: Japanese
subtitles: English
124 min
Journeys to Italy
Francis Ford Coppola’s Academy Award-winning masterpiece is set in the 1940’s and opens at the lavish wedding of Connie, the daughter of the revered Godfather — Don Corleone, an event where business and pleasure naturally go hand in hand.
Francis Ford Coppola
United States
language: English
subtitles: French
175 min
International cinema
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away.
Sara Dosa
Iceland, United States
language: Icelandic, English
subtitles: English
93 min
International cinema
In summer, Nagisa, a woman from the city, and Natsuo, a young man visiting his relatives, meet by the sea. In winter, Li, a screenwriter in a creative slump, travels to a snow-covered village with an old camera left behind by a late acquaintance.
Sho Miyake
Japon
language: Japanese
subtitles: French
89 min
