Gilles Pelletier

On My Mother's Side (2016)

David happily brings his wife and new baby to his parents to celebrate his birthday. All goes well until the next day, when he finds that his mother – a filmmaker – has committed suicide. His second shock comes on the day of the funeral, when he is tol ...

Chasse-Galerie : La Légende (2016)

In 1863, a group of snow-bound travelers invokes the devil, who gives them a flying canoe for them to go home. When one of them finds his wife about to die in labor, he makes a pact with the devil to save her and his newborn daughter Liza. He then cheats t ...

Anatomie (2014)

A white room. The aging bodies of actors Gilles Pelletier and Françoise Graton testify to a love that has triumphed over time and a captivating lover's dialogue emerges between two octogenarian bodies defying inertia, old age and death. With music by the ...

Huguette Oligny, le goût de vivre (2013)

Romaine 30° Below (2009)

Romaine, a tall thirty-year-old woman, has not found herself yet. She has been living for several years with her boyfriend Justin. When, overnight, the latter drags her after him to Canada in order to start a new life, she blows smoke. Not only does she ha ...

Daniel and the Superdogs (2004)

A young boy still recovering from his mother's recent death teams with his two best friends to turn a regular pooch into a stunt-performing super-dog in this affectionate comedy for the whole family. Losing a parent is never easy, but for 11 year old Danie ...

Noël Blank (2003)

A man with Alzheimer's disease leaves home to enjoy Christmas with his family. ...

Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)

A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make ...

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to c ...

You Can Thank Me Later (1998)

Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital — failed writer Eli, neurotic Susan, and successful theatrical producer Edward. An onslaught of one-liners find targets amid sibling riva ...

Nelligan (1991)

This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who struggled through a difficult childhood with the help of his loving mother, only to see his career cut short by tragic ...

Jesus of Montreal (1989)

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church. ...

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 ...

The Great Land of Small (1987)

While visiting their grandparents in the Québec countryside, two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces. ...

Les vautours (1975)

Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. ...

Bingo (1974)

A young photographer is entangled in a terrorist plot against a right wing politician in an election campaign. ...

Poussière sur la ville (1968)

A doctor living in a small mining town discovers that his dissatisfied young wife is having an affair with a truck driver. ...

La terre à boire (1964)

Generator 4 (1956)

A BAFTA award nominated Canadian documentary about the building of the fourth generator building at Kitimat, British Columbia and the aluminium smelters it will supply. ...

I Confess (1953)

When a priest hears a murderer's confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the t ...

The 13th Letter (1951)

A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman. ...