Jean-Claude Labrecque

Remembering Maria Chapdelaine (2015)

This feature documentary by Jean-Claude Labrecque recounts the bold and astounding enterprise of French filmmaker Julien Duvivier, who shot a film adaptation of Louis Hémon's classic novel Maria Chapdelaine in Péribonka, a village in Quebec's Saguenay-La ...

Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970 (2015)

Félix (2009)

Forever Québec (2008)

A Canadian documentary depicting Quebec City as it celebrates its 400th anniversary. ...

Summit Circle (2007)

Rejeanne and Gilles are a married couple whose devastating setbacks--she is laid off from her job and he suffers a debilitating stroke--only begin to fester in the face of corporate greed and personal struggles when they attempt to start over in a new neig ...

Novena (2005)

Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother. ...

À hauteur d'homme (2003)

Le RIN (2002)

Marriages (2001)

Yvonne is a young woman living in Quebec in the latter half of the 19th century, under the controlling influence of both her elder sister, Hélène, and the repressive Victorian society that pervades the area. Yvonne has a sensual passion that her sister h ...

The Woman Who Drinks (2001)

On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for al ...

André Mathieu, musicien (1993)

A Canadian documentary about composer André Mathieu. Nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994. ...

La nuit de la poésie, 15 mars 1991 (1993)

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 ...

Le frère André (1987)

Les années de rêves (1984)

Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier and puts him in the context of the growing separatist movement in the late 1960s in Quebec. At that time, s ...

Marie Uguay (1982)

Reflections on writing, life and death with French Canadian poet Marie Uguay, who would die of bone cancer shortly after the making of this film. ...

La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980 (1980)

The Coffin Affair (1980)

In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin. ...

26 Times in a Row (1978)

This short documentary revisits the 1976 Olympic Marathon. A modern-day addition to the Games, the marathon commemorates the soldier who ran cross-country, in 490 B.C., to announce the Greek victory at Marathon and then died. Here, great film footage of th ...

Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977)

Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Much more than a simple record of the Games, the film approaches each event with the intention of revealing ...

Michèle Lalonde (1977)

On s'pratique... c'est pour les Olympiques (1976)

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. ...

Les beaux dimanches (1974)

Claude Gauvreau - Poète (1974)

A moving documentary about a poet not far from being a legend. ...

The Heavenly Bodies (1973)

A pimp and his seven working girls move to a small conservative mining town in northern Quebec to establish a brothel. ...

The Conquest (1973)

Each married on their side, a teacher and a sociologist meet by chance in Quebec. Political and intellectual discussions followed a brief mad love. ...

The Wise Guys (1972)

In this French Canadian film, when the provincial government tries to move two young farmers from their land to make way for development, the two fight back, accidentally killing a policeman and becoming outlaws in the process. ...

The Apprentice (1971)

In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with a thin resume and no college units. He has a fiancée, Michelle, but his head is turned by a free-spirited model, ...

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. ...

La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970 (1971)

Canada the Land (1971)

Filmed for the most part from a low-flying aircraft, this documentary short presents a breathtaking view of Canada from coast to coast. Showing the varied terrain, from craggy coast to towering glacier, the film illustrates Canada's pristine wilderness as ...

Une balle de gin (1971)

This experimental short film deals with anguish, as imagined by Claude Péloquin, author, poet, performer and filmmaker, in the early 1970s. Vertiginous camera angles, oppressive places and a disturbing soundtrack, the filmmaker uses his sound environment ...

Charles Gagnon (1970)

Documentary about Charles Gagnon, Québécois politician, FLQ member and communist leader. ...

Essai à la mille (1970)

This is a work share in the impressive filmography of Jean-Claude Labrecque! Crowned a Canadian Film Award (the ancestors of the Genii) Test the miles is almost unrivaled in the history of Quebec cinema. Hallucinated poem to music by Pierre Henry and the t ...

The Ernie Game (1968)

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist's alienation is palpable; for him lif ...

A Great Big Thing (1968)

A 23-year-old Canadian wanders aimlessly throughout his wasted life. ...

From Mother to Daughter (1968)

Documents a woman's actual pregnancy; the emotions, the affects on her husband and first-born child, the birth itself via Caesarean section, and her struggle to return to work and a social life, while still being a good mother. ...

La vie (1968)

Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)

A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price. ...

The Times That Are (1967)

Four years after Pour la suite du monde (1963), director Pierre Perrault asks Alexis Tremblay if he'll agree to travel with his wife Marie to the country of their ancestors, France. In a montage parallel, we follow them in France and listen to them talking ...

Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail (1966)

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem c ...

60 Cycles (1965)

On your marks. Follow cyclists from 13 countries as they cover 2.400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days-a course longer than those of Italy, Belgium or Spain. The long shots of curving landscape and open road are set to a mesmerizing soundtrack in this do ...

The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965)

A worker, called in a hurry to remove the snow in the city street, try to buy his remaining gifts in the tumult of Christmas eve without quitting his work. ...

No Vacation for Idols (1965)

A film between reality and fiction about a popular singer, played by Joël Denis, idol of that time. He is surrounded by a host of great actors and real and famous characters from the 60s. ...

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (1965)

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the former empress of Persia. Featuring interviews with Monica Vitti, Tonino Guerra and more. ...

Jusqu'au cou (1964)

The story of a young university student who deals with love in the midst of the Quebec separatist movement in the 1960s. ...

The Cat in the Bag (1964)

A young journalist is unhappy with society and contemplates what he can do about it. Symbolizes the political coming of age of the people of Québec. ...

The Big Swim (1964)

This short documentary shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. Under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practice long hours in the gym and in the pool to build strength and stamina. ...

Such a Simple Game (1964)

This short 1964 documentary depicts the national sport of French Canadians: hockey. Seen "from the inside" this seemingly simple game turns out to be not so simple. Hockey is dream of mythic proportions that mirrors the aspirations of an entire people. Its ...

Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun (1964)

In a lonely setting, a teenage girl dreams. She is bored, manifests childish rebellions: her nascent personality rears up and asserts itself. "Be our star," suggests a director of women's pages. What will this flight to the world of work bring to Solange? ...

Take It All (1963)

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal. ...

The Big Swim (1963)

Shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. In gymnasium and pool, under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practise long hours to build strength and stamina. Their first test, shown in the film, was at the 1962 Canadian Swimm ...

De Montréal à Manicouagan (1963)

Labrecque, une caméra pour la mémoire (2017)

A genuine encounter with filmmaker Jean-Claude Labrecque, this feature-length doc underscores not only the importance of his work (especially in the documentary medium) but also his passion for film. The bond between Labrecque and director Michel La Veaux ...

Remembering Maria Chapdelaine (2015)

This feature documentary by Jean-Claude Labrecque recounts the bold and astounding enterprise of French filmmaker Julien Duvivier, who shot a film adaptation of Louis Hémon's classic novel Maria Chapdelaine in Péribonka, a village in Quebec's Saguenay-La ...

The Private Life of Cinema (2011)

A two-part in-depth exploration of the evolution of the private film industry, seen through the eyes of more than 50 industry professionals. Part One (1939-1979) : Artists and professionals from the social and commercial film sectors recount the struggle ...

From Office to Box-Office (2009)

Rebels with a Camera (2006)

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. This film relevantly retraces the histor ...

Le chemin du Roy (1997)

About De Gaulle's eventful visit to Québec in 1967 ...