Denise Morelle

The Late Blossom (1977)

30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with her parents and siblings. One day, tired of being teased by her office mates, she decides to consult a marriage agency to find her soul mate. ...

L'île jaune (1975)

L'amour blessé (1975)

A lonely divorced woman spends her evening in her apartment listening to a phone-in radio show. As she listens to strangers talk candidly about their personal problems, she has to come to terms with her own. ...

Once Upon a Time in the East (1974)

Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and has decided to present himself as Cleopatra. Of the two women, one was just fired from her waitressing job an ...

Pris au collet (1974)

Short fiction film from the "Toulmonde parle français" series, telling the amusing story of a man who gets caught at his own game after stealing hares from his neighbor. ...

Backyard Theatre (1973)

Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard's flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impr ...

Et du fils (1972)

Set on an ice-encircled island in the St. Lawrence, this is a drama of passion and violence. An old man, attached to his ancestral home and traditions, is confronted by his son, an immature young man who has no time for these values. The outcome is tragic ...

Françoise Durocher, waitress (1972)

Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according to the author, they represent the archetypical Québec waitress that everyday waits on us with a smile, de ...

Those Damned Savages (1971)

A meditation on society's attitudes and beliefs, as explored through a New France fur trapper's relationship with a Native woman that spans centuries. ...

Don't Let It Kill You (1967)

A 30-year old man is forced out of his inert and absent-minded existence when it's complicated by the three women in his life. ...