Danielle Proulx

A Christmas Storm (2024)

The preparations for the Christmas holidays turn into a nightmare for a mother of three children of whom she shares custody with her ex-husband. ...

The Far Shore (2019)

Navigating the treacherous social tides of high school, Marine is cut adrift by Océane, her older sister who's caught in the thrall of an older man. Meanwhile, their mother struggles to keep her head above water. ...

12 Weeks (2015)

In a public mall bathroom, Lilly, François, and their 6-year-old daughter bid farefell to an unborn family member. ...

Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he ...

Stay with Me (2010)

A little girl and her mother, an old man and his wife, and three couples in search of equilibrium are weakened by a drama that then tightens their bond, making them stronger and closer through adversity. ...

Le déserteur (2008)

It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ...

Truffle (2008)

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles. ...

Histoire de famille (2006)

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values. ...

La femme du boulanger (1999)

In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepherd, do ...

Mosaic Village (1996)

This feature documentary zooms in on Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges borough, where over 75 ethnic groups live side by side in a dizzying swirl of sound and colour. One day, filmmaker Lucie Lachapelle began knocking on the doors that isolated her from her neig ...

Water Child (1995)

A 12-year-old girl finds herself stranded on a lonely Caribbean island with a 20-year old retarded man in this sensitively rendered Canadian drama from Quebec. Emile and Cedrine are first seen during their rescue in which both are nearly in a coma. Their s ...

The Sex of the Stars (1993)

A 12-year-old girl faces a father she hardly remembers after his transition into a woman. ...

Amoureux fou (1991)

When Remy, an ad consultant, falls in love with Sarah, the newest star of an ad campaign, sparks fly. The only problem is that they are both married. Sarah's husband knows she will eventually get tired of Remy while his wife just can't let go. At first she ...

Longing for Eternity (1988)

In this melodrama, Marie and Pierre (Danielle Proulx and Marc Messier) are a comfortably middle-class couple who want the ultimate accessory: a baby. Their efforts to conceive naturally have been unsuccessful, so they decide to try using the newest artific ...

Sonia (1986)

A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer's. ...