Éric Michel

They Chose China (2006)

The story of twenty-one American POWs who, after the Korean War ended, chose to live in China instead of returning the USA. ...

Le Ring intérieur (2002)

A documentary about men who engage in extreme combat to channel the rage within them. One of them, the singer Dan Bigras, became a filmmaker to tell us about his friends. For them, the ring acts as a metaphor for an internal battle. ...

A Scent of Mint (2002)

This documentary recounts filmmaker Pierre Sidaoui's immigration journey from the small Lebanese town of Abey to Montreal, the city he now calls home. Sidaoui had a carefree childhood, but civil war forced him and his family to flee Lebanon in 1982, the fi ...

Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (2000)

A documentary about direct-cinema from its very beginnings (Nanook of the North) to the fake-direct-cinema of the Blair Witch Project. All the important direct-cinema filmmakers are portrayed and/or interviewed: Leacock, Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker, Reisz ...

Traitor or Patriot (2000)

This feature documentary is a portrait of Adélard Godbout, the largely forgotten man who was Premier of Quebec from 1939 to 1944. During his office, Godbout helped lay the groundwork for the Quiet Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s: instituting compulsory ...

In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)

In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film industry. ...

Emergency! A Critical Situation (1999)

Shot at the Pierre Boucher Hospital in Montreal, this film takes us into the emergency room to see how our healthcare system is holding up. What it reveals is a powerful indictment of management that sees only the bottom line while human lives are at stake ...

Forest Alert (1999)

A strong point of view on the deforestation of Quebec's boreal forest in Canada. ...

The Fate of America (1997)

Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Whose version of this historic event should prevail? Is history best served by documentary or fiction? We also meet Ba ...

Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997)

After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile. ...

Four Women of Egypt (1997)

Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one another's perspectives and argue openly, without ever breaking the bond that unites them. ...

Pâté chinois (1997)

Un homme de Parole (1991)

Au chic Resto Pop (1990)

In a poor eastern quarter of Montreal, a restaurant is dedicated for the poors only: le Chic Resto Pop. It used the surplus of some merchants to offer cheap meals. The young people who work there for free get a lot of satisfaction in their work in spite of ...

Robichaud (1989)

Portrays Louis Robichaud, Canadian politician and former Premier of New Brunswick. ...

50 ans (1989)

A series of very brief clips celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada. ...

Liberty Street Blues (1988)

This feature documentary uses music to reveal the many faces of jazz, New Orleans style. Colourful and alive with music, the film captures the street life and traditions of this vibrant city and explores the roots of the music that springs from the soul of ...

Stitches in Time (1988)

While knitting, two women recall moments from their lives--memories of their neighbours, husbands, mothers, and of other women knitting. ...

Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists (1988)

Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists with remarkably different styles: Soviet Leonid Chizhik, Black Montrealer Oliver Jones, and French- ...

Haïti, Nous là! Nou La! (1987)

From Haiti, images and testimonies that describe the climate that reigned during the aborted elections of November 29, 1987. A powerful military police in the service of a despotic power terrorized an impoverished people that they wanted to keep submissive ...

Our Last Days ... in Moscow (1987)

Pianists Kuo-Yen of Taiwan and Pierre Jasmin of Québec met and fell in love while studying music in Vienna. The film is a "letter" from Pierre to Kuo-Yen, who has made the difficult decision to return to her native land. Jasmin is sending her the images, ...

Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey (1987)

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most important spokesmen for his generation. Intercut with archival footage, photographs and interviews, this fi ...

Last Resort (1987)

This feature length documentary by Jacques Godbout tackles a topic all too rarely explored in the media: terrorism in Canadian society. From Montreal to Vancouver, and Quebec City to Toronto, exasperated individuals find a new calling as self-style saviour ...