Movies: Acpav

  • 2008
    The Necessities of Life

    The Necessities of Life (2008)

    The Necessities of Life

    7.32008HD

    In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes ...

    The Necessities of Life
  • 1992
    The Saracen Woman

    The Saracen Woman (1992)

    The Saracen Woman

    71992HD

    Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This dram...

    The Saracen Woman
  • 2019
    Antigone

    Antigone (2019)

    Antigone

    6.72019HD

    Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal....

    Antigone
  • 2024
    The Last Meal

    The Last Meal (2024)

    The Last Meal

    72024HD

    Reynold is dying of cancer. He uses his last meals to share them with his daughter. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, the dishes acting as reminders of the past. Vanessa discovers who her father really is....

    The Last Meal
  • 2003
    8:17pm, Darling Street

    8:17pm, Darling Street (2003)

    8:17pm, Darling Street

    5.62003HD

    This is the story of Gerard, an man who miraculy survived to an explosion that destroyed his appartment and killed a lot of people. During the next days, he tries to find out why he survived and why others died....

    8:17pm, Darling Street
  • 2014
    The Wolves

    The Wolves (2014)

    The Wolves

    6.22014HD

    A woman travels from the big city to the countryside. The locals are suspicious....

    The Wolves
  • 2013
    The Auction

    The Auction (2013)

    The Auction

    6.72013HD

    Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather, he has two daughters that he raised like princesses and who live far away, in the big city. One day, the oldest asks him for some financial support so sh...

    The Auction
  • 1983
    Lucien Brouillard

    Lucien Brouillard (1983)

    Lucien Brouillard

    51983HD

    Solitary anarchist, Lucien Brouillard ceaselessly fights for his rights and those of his societal peers. His subversive whistleblower activities will bring him endless troubles, and he will begin a real descent into Hell after his former childhood fr...

    Lucien Brouillard
  • 2018
    The Fireflies Are Gone

    The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)

    The Fireflies Are Gone

    6.92018HD

    The sleepy town where Léo lives doesn’t offer her much chance of self-fulfilment. Extricating herself from her mother’s influence and her constricting environment isn’t easy for the frustrated young woman, yet happiness might be close at hand. A styl...

    The Fireflies Are Gone
  • 1990
    The Party

    The Party (1990)

    The Party

    6.41990HD

    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 ...

    The Party
  • 1984
    A Woman in Transit

    A Woman in Transit (1984)

    A Woman in Transit

    51984HD

    Even though the protagonist of the Canadian Femme De L'Hotel is a female filmmaker, one would think twice before suggesting that this effort by Swiss-born director Lea Pool is autobiographical. Paule Baillargeon portrays a well-known director who ret...

    A Woman in Transit
  • 1998
    Mr. Aiello

    Mr. Aiello (1998)

    Mr. Aiello

    5.71998HD

    A father's love is not enough to keep his dreams and his family together in this drama. Joe Aiello (Tony Nardi) is an Italian immigrant who settled in Montreal and opened a construction firm in the early '60s. Thirty years later, Tony's business is a...

    Mr. Aiello
  • 1969
    Cap Farewell

    Cap Farewell (1969)

    Cap Farewell

    01969HD

    Toni, a young 24-year-old woman who is released from prison, finds herself having to return home to live with her mother Betty, with whom relations are strained. Determined to reconnect with her daughter Anna, whom Betty has raised in her absence, To...

    Cap Farewell
  • 2011
    The Salesman

    The Salesman (2011)

    The Salesman

    6.32011HD

    With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most pro...

    The Salesman
  • 1988
    Sortie 234

    Sortie 234 (1988)

    Sortie 234

    01988HD

    Sortie 234 portrays Renaud's passion for Frank. A passion that reaches its bursting point. But between these two poles of attraction, there is Lucille, Frank's love. Lucille, whom Renaud tries to approach. Lucille who becomes the link between the two...

    Sortie 234
  • 1986
    Le dernier havre

    Le dernier havre (1986)

    Le dernier havre

    51986HD

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    Le dernier havre
  • 2018
    A Place to live

    A Place to live (2018)

    A Place to live

    5.22018HD

    A recent widow living in a small Quebec town goes to Montreal to visit her busy adult son and daughter, and then on a whim decides to travel to the town of her childhood, where she hadn't set foot in decades....

    A Place to live
  • 2009
    The Legacy

    The Legacy (2009)

    The Legacy

    62009HD

    When considering taking a few weeks off, Dr. Rainville places an ad to find a replacement who would agree to take his place in Normétal, in Abitibi. Jeanne Dion from Montreal accepts the offer and goes to the site, where it comes into contact with ol...

    The Legacy
  • 2005
    Novena

    Novena (2005)

    Novena

    5.62005HD

    Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother....

    Novena
  • 1987
    Tinamer

    Tinamer (1987)

    Tinamer

    41987HD

    Tinamer is 27 years old when her mother dies. The funeral of this last one makes her relive certain events of her childhood which marked her forever....

    Tinamer