Michel Tremblay

Sisters and Neighbors! (2024)

The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she has dreamed of for so long. But her joy will make some people jealous... ...

Geraldine's Fortune (2004)

A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show. ...

Albertine in Five Times (2000)

It's Your Turn, Laura (1998)

Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections. ...

Sainte Carmen de la Main (1990)

A TV film staging of Michel Tremblay's play "Sainte Carmen de la Main" by André Brassard. ...

Unfaithful Mornings (1989)

Jean-Pierre, a young photograph, takes a photo of the same street corner every morning for an entire year. This is to help a friend with the writing of a novel. But Jean-Pierre is not really respecting the rules of the game... ...

The Wanderer (1988)

A stranger comes to a peaceful village bearing gifts that bear a terrible price. ...

Le grand jour (1988)

A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding. ...

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. ...

Talk About Love (1976)

A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sisters and Neighbors! (2024)

The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she has dreamed of for so long. But her joy will make some people jealous... ...

L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho! (2023)

There Are No False Undertakings (2020)

Fiction bleeds into reality. Women declare themselves pregnant with the letter E! Denzel Washington plays himself in a popular sitcom. Chaos reigns and cops crave poetry. Mélusine Catafor abandons her identity in the city of Three-Rivers to seek a new one ...

The Devil's Share (2018)

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National Film Board of Canada archives, director Luc Bourdon reinterprets the historical record, offering us a new and ...

Le diable en canot d'écorce (2017)

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves (1994)

Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcas ...

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 ...

La tête au neutre (1972)