Philippe Lavalette Movies

The climbing of an immense staircase made up of the most varied stairs. Symbolic scenes occur on different levels where characters seem to be...

Two struggling musicians, trying to get by performing their less-than-sterling drag show, find a mysterious benefactor in the form of Victoria....

Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the...

For the first time, Édouard Beaupré’s story is told by a member of his own family. Filmmaker Jessie Ray Short blends documentary...

Juanicas is an intimate portrait of a Mexican immigrant family in Quebec affected by mental illness. Using material shot over almost 10 years, the...

Youssef, leads a lonely and orderly life. But the chance meeting with an intriguing girl in front of a mysterious house awakens in him the confused...

A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.

After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and...

As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his...

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept,...

Interview with director Denys Arcand about his documentary work. Conducted on the premises of the canadian National Film Board (NFB).

Ghislain is shocked to find his heart beating by his coccyx. He seeks the help of his brother, who concludes he must learn to laugh again.

Abandoned on the doorstep of a Montreal orphanage, Johanne Harrelle eventually rose to prominence as a gifted artist, actress, and one of North...

A different perspective on the exile and social impact of major projects such as oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada. These large-scale projects,...

With his job in the balance, Gérard bets his boss that he can transform bad-tempered street person Lola into television star material. With...