Pierre Falardeau

Elvis Gratton 3 : Le retour d'Elvis Wong (2004)

A bumbling man finds adventure in the media world. ...

February 15, 1839 (2001)

In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels are still in prison. The morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang learn that they will be hung in 24 hours, wi ...

Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis (1999)

Elvis Gratton, dead for three days, comes back to life. ...

Octobre (1994)

A dramatization of the abduction and murder of a Quebec government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front. In October 1970, one group from the same organization kidnapped James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal. A few days later, ...

Le steak (1992)

The documentary is a portrait of former Canadian boxing champion Gaétan Hart, profiling both the ups and downs of his career in the 1970s and 1980s and his attempt to return to the sport in a 1990 fight. The film's title was inspired by "A Piece of Steak" ...

The Party (1990)

At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. But not everyone is having fun. A man is sent to solitary, his wife has a nervous breakdown, and a convict prepares to make a ...

Elvis Gratton, Le King des Kings (1985)

A Québécois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana. ...

The Time of the Buffoons (1985)

A short film created (and narrated) in 1985 by Québécois director Pierre Falardeau. It compares English rule in Ghana with Canadian dominance in Quebec by showing the 200th anniversary celebration of the Beaver Club of Montreal. ...

Speak White (1980)

Speak White is a French language poem composed by Québécois writer Michèle Lalonde in 1968. It was first recited in 1970 and was published in 1974 by Editions de l'Hexagone, Montreal. It denounced the poor situation of French-speakers in Quebec and take ...

Pea Soup (1979)

Images and sounds are spliced together in this journey to the heart of the political, economic and cultural oppression of the Quebec people. A reflection on neo-colonial exploitation and the cancer of alienation. To the very Canadian multiculturalism of Tr ...

À force de courage (1977)

Le Magra (1975)

Les Canadiens sont là (1973)

À Mort (1972)

An unfinished film on Belmont Park, the mecca of popular culture in Quebec in the 1950s. An anthropological reflection on life and death. ...

Don't Give Up The Fight (1971)

The television footage of a wrestling match is employed here as a metaphor for Quebec society. Using voice-over narration, Falardeau presents a compelling analysis of the structure of wrestling and its rituals. The good guy against the evil antagonist, the ...

Les Rose (2020)

In October 1970, members of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped and murdered Minister Pierre Laporte, part of an unprecedented crisis in Quebec. Fifty years later, Félix Rose tries to understand what could have led his father and uncle to ...

Le fantôme de Mirabel (2011)

Falardeau (2010)

Through archival footage and testimonials from some of his closest friends and family, filmmakers Germán Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia paint a portrait of filmmaker and polemicist Pierre Falardeau, who died on September 25, 2009. ...

Caido (2009)

A depressed rock star, maimed in an accident, is encouraged by his manager to start a new worldwide trend. ...

It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008)

During the summer of 1968, Leon, a 10-year-old boy, navigates the hardships of young love, his lunatic mother's whims, and his urges to vandalize the house of his neighbors. ...

Elvis Gratton 3 : Le retour d'Elvis Wong (2004)

A bumbling man finds adventure in the media world. ...

The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000)

Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality control, he does not get unemployment benefits, and goes to classes o ...

Elvis Gratton, Le King des Kings (1985)

A Québécois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana. ...

The Time of the Buffoons (1985)

A short film created (and narrated) in 1985 by Québécois director Pierre Falardeau. It compares English rule in Ghana with Canadian dominance in Quebec by showing the 200th anniversary celebration of the Beaver Club of Montreal. ...

Amuse-gueule (1984)

Humurous short on the theme of hunger around the world that combines animation and fiction. ...

Le Québec est au monde (1979)

This film covers the transitional political period between the election of the Parti Québécois on November 15, 1976, and the Canadian federal election that brought Joe Clark to power. Featuring some of our most colourful politicians, historians, journali ...