Jean Pierre Lefebvre

American Girls (2013)

The abduction and murder of numerous school girls in a quaint, all-American town. Inspired by true events. ...

Le manuscrit érotique (2003)

Preludes (2000)

Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted of ten short films by Canadian directors which were inspired in some way by the festival. Each film screened as ...

See You in Toronto (2000)

Jean Pierre Lefebvre's short comments on history and film's role in it. ...

Now or Never (1998)

A pilot who has not flown in years due to an accident has to deal with unexpected visitors and financial woes on the day he decides to return to the sky. ...

The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (1991)

Francis is a taxi driver and comic book artist who begins drawing a fantastical comic series about an intergalactic taxi driver in outer space, only to find that the stories he imagines for his comic strip start to materialize in real life. ...

The Box of Sun (1988)

In this silent, surrealist fantasy, thick clouds in a scorched sky prevent the sun from reaching the earth. Only a group of children in this gray world have access to a source of light which is in the wintry woods. They collect it into small boxes that the ...

S As in... (1984)

One day Jean-Baptiste Beauregard (Pierre Curzi) does not go out to face work or daily activities, instead he daydreams about the women in his past, about his teenage years, his failed marriage, and even his boyhood desires. His mental images follow each ot ...

To the Rhythm of my Heart (1983)

Made during Lefebvre's national tour of Canada for a 1981 retrospective of his films compiled by the Canadian Film Institute, the film is a video diary documenting both his philosophical and creative discussions on the co-operative movement in cinema as pa ...

Wild Flowers (1982)

Three generations of a family struggle to be open with each other during a week of summer vacation at their country cottage. ...

Avoir 16 ans (1979)

A teenager rebels against an oppressive ideology enforced by the authoritarian administration of his school and is committed to a mental institution. ...

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977)

A middle-aged man travels to France and is discouraged by the attitudes of the people concerning his native land until he meets and begins relationships with two lonely women. ...

Le gars des vues (1976)

A situationist fable centered around Roger Cantin as a young artisanal filmmaker looking to find solace by making pictures. ...

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. ...

Ultimatum (1973)

The story of a couple set during the summer before the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec and after it, and how they are affected by that fateful event. ...

Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973)

The true identity of an undercover RCMP narcotics agent is discovered by the criminals he is investigating and his family pays the price. ...

The Last Betrothal (1973)

After another cardiac arrest, Armand knows he doesn't have long left to live. But after more then 70 years in the same house, he doesn't want to die anywhere other than at home. His wife Rose has secretly decided she will die as she lived: with him. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Mon enfance à Montréal (1971)

This movie tells the story of a father, a mother and their young boy who, to get out of misery, leave the village where they live to try their luck in Montreal. ...

Mon oeil (1971)

One evening a man watches eight movies simultaneously on television. ...

Between You and You All (1970)

A chronicle of the lives of a couple and the gradual dissolution of their relationship. ...

Q-Bec My Love (1970)

In this satire of sexuality in the entertainment industry and voyeurism, a woman maintains 3 romantic relationships simultaneously: with her husband, with her boss, and with her lover. ...

The House of Light (1969)

A married couple engage themselves in conversations about love, death and life as the scenery changes behind them. ...

My Friend Pierrette (1969)

A young man and his girlfriend visit his parents at their lake house for the weekend. While there, the couple meets an eccentric artist who comes between them. ...

Straight to the Heart (1969)

An unemployed man with individualist and pacifist values is inevitably brainwashed by society and the mass media to conform to the dominant ideology and embrace war. His soul is destroyed but his heart cannot be conquered. ...

Patricia et Jean-Baptiste (1968)

A carpenter is asked by his boss to serve as a guide for the new secretary, a young woman just arrived in Montreal from France. Both of their lives change as he shows her around the city. ...

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. ...

The Revolutionary (1965)

A group of young men train to be revolutionaries and plan an insurrection of the Canadian government. ...

At the End of Nothing at All (2024)

Every morning, Marcel confides in his tape recorder. It is from his reflections on life that this film takes us into the wake of his story. ...

Pour l'amour de Dieu (2011)

Montréal, 1959. In the classroom of Sister Cecilia, Leonie (aged 11) first met Father Malachy, a young Dominican father who has come to visit his school. It is love at first sight for this lonely and dreamy child who took refuge in religion to escape a mo ...

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 ...

Clouds Over the City (2009)

Jean-Paul is a public servant, tired of toiling at his soul-destroying job. As a writer, he feels out of touch with the times and longs for inspiration. ...

Vital Signs (2009)

After losing a loved one, Simone decides to volunteer in a hospital and spends her days with terminally ill patients. However, other parts of her life soon begin to suffer as well. ...

From Office to Box-Office (2009)

Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails (2006)

Detailing the life and cinematic oeuvre of Canadian filmmaker Larry Kent, featuring interviews with Susan Sarandon and Dave Foley. ...

Le manuscrit érotique (2003)

City of Dark (1997)

A computer scientist scans dreams with a computer. ...

To the Rhythm of my Heart (1983)

Made during Lefebvre's national tour of Canada for a 1981 retrospective of his films compiled by the Canadian Film Institute, the film is a video diary documenting both his philosophical and creative discussions on the co-operative movement in cinema as pa ...

L'île jaune (1975)

Réjeanne Padovani (1973)

The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for his new superhighway. ...

Patricia et Jean-Baptiste (1968)

A carpenter is asked by his boss to serve as a guide for the new secretary, a young woman just arrived in Montreal from France. Both of their lives change as he shows her around the city. ...