Regards italiens de Montréal
With the filmmakers in attendance
“Regards italiens de Montréal” is a programme of feature-length films by Italian-Quebec filmmakers who, in their own way, reflect on the memory and heritage of a community that has been at the very heart of the development of our beloved metropolis. Whether political, poetic or historical, the traces left by these men and women have become anchored in the city’s cultural DNA with a strength and vivacity that command as much respect as they are impossible to ignore today.
Co-presented with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montréal and Tënk.
Regards italiens de Montréal
A Poet in the Family
This documentary presents people who, through some simple activities, manage to maintain a creativity necessary for their survival in a land that for many will always be a foreign one. The poems in the film are by Vincenzo Albanese and the film is itself a “naive” poem.
Nicola Zavaglia
Québec (Canada)
language: Italian, English
subtitles: English
58 min
Regards italiens de Montréal
Caffè Italia, Montréal
Avoiding the pitfalls of nostalgia, Paul Tana paints an endearing and nuanced portrait of the Italians of Montreal that mixes archival footage, fiction, personal testimonies and excerpts of a stage play.
Paul Tana
Quebec (Canada)
language: French, Italian
subtitles: French
111 min
Regards italiens de Montréal
La bataille de Saint-Léonard
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
Regards italiens de Montréal
La sarrasine
In Montreal in 1904, Giuseppe comes to the defence of one of his Sicilian boarders and accidentally kills Théo, the son-in-law of his best French-Canadian friend. This tragedy exacerbates tensions between ethnic groups and changes the destiny of many.
Paul Tana
Quebec (Canada)
language: French, Italian
subtitles: French
105 min
Regards italiens de Montréal
Le jardin de Pupa
In Le jardin de Pupa, Italian-born filmmaker Giulia Frati offers an inspiring portrait of her grandmother who, during the 1980s, transformed an illegal dump into a lavish, popular garden on Italy’s Lake Como.
Giulia Frati
Quebec (Canada)
language: Italian
subtitles: French
52 min
Regards italiens de Montréal
Trois camarades de Montréal
Giovanni, Francesco and Salvatore, three socialist “comrades” originating from the South of Italy, tell us about their migration experience, their militancy and the harsh living conditions of Italian workers and their families.
Bruno Ramirez, Giovanni Princigalli
Italy, Quebec (Canada)
language: Italian, French
subtitles: French
52 min
