Sophie Clément

Laughter (2020)

As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she's in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as a ...

The Natural Sweetness of Skin (2018)

Revealing women, showing men Dermatology professor Marie-Claire is embarking on a new project linking skin cells and sexuality, when unexpected events disrupt her professional, family and intimate life. ...

The Circus (2010)

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final tou ...

Albertine in Five Times (2000)

Chance or Coincidence (1998)

Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her. ...

Des fleurs sur la neige (1991)

Beaten and live an unimaginably difficult childhood, Elisa Trudel and her sister Madeline Trudel still have hope in their heart. Beaten both by their heartless mother. Their mother that this remarried with another man after their father died of a heart att ...

Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem (1985)

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film considers the chronic patient's right to quality care, and the acutely ill patient's right to a hospital b ...

A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (1976)

In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer. ...

Orders (1974)

A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec. ...

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 ...

O.K.... Laliberté (1973)

A down-and-out man who got separated, gets his second chance in a boarding house, thanks to a friend who is a con man, and falls in love with a roommate. However, when he gets a job, his ego gets over and might lose everything he got. ...

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 ...