Monique Mercure

It's the Heart That Dies Last (2017)

At 47, Julien is an eternal misfit with no real job. But now that he has published an autobiography recounting his childhood memories, a complicated relationship with his mother and troubling family secrets, success is knocking on his door. Julien and his ...

Marche avec moi (2015)

In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-american man searching for the house of the book Bonheur d'occasion, written by Gabrielle Roy. ...

Une nuit à la cinémathèque (2014)

The Master Key (2009)

To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legendary object that allow his user to visit an infinite numbers of universes where everything is possible. ...

Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005)

A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him dead. ...

Battle of the Brave (2004)

In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls ...

Albertine in Five Times (2000)

When Justice Fails (1999)

A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a main suspect. ...

Set Me Free (1999)

A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc Godard's then-recent film "Vivre sa vie". As she begins to model herself after the film's lead role, Hannah ...

The Red Violin (1998)

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays ...

Conquest (1998)

British-Canadian light romantic comedy film set in a dying Saskatchewan town. Bank branch manager, Pincer Bedier, dreams of reviving the town when one day a beautiful young woman's car breaks down and she becomes stranded until it can be repaired. She is c ...

Whiskers (1997)

A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend. ...

Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier (1995)

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War. ...

La fête des rois (1994)

Benjamin, a 10 year-old boy, lives with his mother Charlotte since his dad, Christophe, left. Charlotte is expecting a child from Henri, but is hesitant to tell her son, whom doesn't know about his soon-to-be stepfather. The day of the Epiphany, Benjamin a ...

La fenêtre (1992)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills J ...

Montreal Stories (1991)

Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after for ...

Dans le ventre du dragon (1989)

The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star Dav ...

A Question of Loving (1986)

A drama of manners, spiced by light moments, describing the "love stories" of a mother and her daughter. The two women spend a summer together. Madeline, the mother, a professional, independent woman, begins a romantic relationship with an engineer after e ...

Tramp at the Door (1985)

A charming stranger changes a farm family in 1936 Manitoba after showing up, claiming to be a relative. ...

The Lady of Colours (1985)

In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basem ...

The Blood of Others (1984)

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection. ...

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 ...

Contrecoeur (1983)

Contrecoeur is a film using fantastic realism to talk about psychology, drift and love. Three characters must define themselves in an enclosed space, a truck trapped in a snowstorm, and dream of somewhere else to find each other. ...

The Emperor of Peru (1982)

Toby and his sister Liz live with their aunt and uncle, who take in Cambodian orphan Hoang while he awaits foster placement. The trio become fast friends, and, as they explore a nearby wood, encounter a retired engineer living in an abandoned freight car. ...

The Forties (1982)

A group of friends reunite after thirty years of separation. ...

The Red Kitchen (1980)

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Pau ...

Stone Cold Dead (1979)

Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers. ...

Quintet (1979)

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives. ...

The Song of Roland (1978)

Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France. In this story, the 10th-century legend is stage ...

The Third Walker (1978)

Twins Etienne and Andrew are separated at birth--an error that years later will wrench apart two loving families. ...

J.A. Martin Photographer (1977)

At the turn of the century, Rose-Aimée, the hard working wife of photographer J.A. Martin, decides to leave her children with an aunt to go with him on his annual tour of the Québec countryside. She hopes the intimacy will rekindle their marriage. ...

L'absence (1976)

Louise is a professional photographer and very successful in her job. But her father who had disappeared for many years resurfaced. He is very sick and would like to see his three daughters again. At the request of her father, Louise hesitates and then sli ...

Talk About Love (1976)

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

For Better or For Worse (1975)

An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Time of the Hunt (1972)

A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip. ...

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 ...

Mon oncle Antoine (1971)

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business. ...

Finalement... (1971)

A young snack-bar waitress is propelled to supermodel status after meeting a photographer for a French fashion magazine. ...

Love in a 4 Letter World (1970)

A family have become disillusioned with one another. The father has an affair and is caught by his daughter, who has already hooked up with the free-love hippies who live next door. When her mother realizes, she too travels next door. ...

Two Women In Gold (1970)

Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Th ...

Marie-Christine (1970)

Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young woman. ...

Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969)

The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention. ...

Waiting for Caroline (1967)

An indecisive young woman with an abnormal devotion to her father can't decide on which of her two boyfriends she should end her relationship with. ...

This Is No Time for Romance (1967)

Idle hours at a summer cottage, when her husband is at work and the children busy at play, give a wife time to dream a little and reflect on her life and her marriage. Is it enough? What else might she have made of herself? But then her husband returns and ...

Mission of Fear (1965)

A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert. ...

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. ...