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Foundation date 1 january 1984
Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing LTD or CIC Canada and also known as Alliance VivaFilm in Quebec) was a major Canadian motion picture distribution/production company, which had served Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain. It is part of the Entertainment One group and has been folded into eOne due to the January 9, 2013 acquisition. It was one of the major motion picture distribution/production companies to distribute independent films outside the United States.
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(1994)Filmography of Alliance Films (121 films)
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Breaking and Entering (2006)
, 2hDirected by Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga, Rafi Gavron
Will Francis (Jude Law), a young Englishman, is a landscape architect living a detached, routine-based life in London with his Swedish-American girlfriend Liv (Robin Wright Penn) and her autistic daughter Bea. The 13-year-old girl's irregular sleeping and eating habits as well as her unsocial behaviour (she has trouble relating to people and seems only interested in doing somersaults and gymnastics) reach worrying proportions and start to put a lot of strain on Will and Liv's relationship. Complicating the situation further is his feeling of being shut out of their inner circle since Bea is not his biological daughter. He and Liv start relationship counselling, but their drifting apart continues.
Mammoth (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Tim Cox
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes La préhistoire, Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Ventresca, Summer Glau, Tom Skerritt, Leila Arcieri, Marcus Lyle Brown, Julia Lashae
Frank Abernathy is the curator of the natural history museum in Blackwater, Louisiana. He is a widower who doesn't seem to have time for his daughter, Jack. Frank's father, Simon, is a B-movie enthusiast who believes in extraterrestrials and shows his favorite movies at the local theater. The city loses its electrical power just as Simon, Jack and her boyfriend Squirrelly exit the theater. They watch an object streaking through the sky and crashing into the museum. Thought to be a meteorite, they later find out it is a craft containing an alien lifeform. Trying to adapt to the Earth's atmosphere, it latches on to the first organism it finds - the museum's most notable exhibit, a frozen Wooly mammoth.
Unleashed (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Louis Leterrier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Phyllida Law
Bart (Bob Hoskins) is a vicious loan shark whose method of persuading men to pay him back involves Danny the Dog (Jet Li), a man with the mentality of a child and a dog. Danny is a violently skilled fighter who stops at nothing to take down his targets, but only when a metal collar around his neck is removed by Bart. Once the collar is on, Danny is a harmless, withdrawn person, with very little knowledge of how to live as a socialised person, and he is constantly bullied by his master Bart.
Elf (2003)
, 1h37Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Will Ferrell, Edward Asnere, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay
One Christmas Eve, during a stop at an orphanage, a baby boy named William, captivated by the sight of a teddy bear, crawls into Santa Claus's (Ed Asner) sack of gifts while he is delivering toys. Santa Claus unknowingly takes the boy back to the North Pole, and when discovered, is renamed Buddy because one the elves notices he is wearing "Little Buddy" brand diapers. Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) volunteers to raise him.
Nothing (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Gordon Pinsent, Marie-Josée Croze, Andrew Lowery, Soo Garay
The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent, and Dave, a loser who works in an office. Dave is fired from his job after his girlfriend frames him for embezzlement, Andrew is falsely accused of attempted child molestation, and their house is to be demolished by day's end. Both of them hide inside the house as police, city officials, and outraged neighbors surround it. Dave and Andrew open their front door and discover that the entire world beyond their house is gone, replaced with a featureless white void.
The Adversary (2002)
, 2h9Directed by Nicole Garcia
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Daniel Auteuil, François Cluzet, Géraldine Pailhas, François Berléand, Emmanuelle Devos, Bernard Fresson
Le 9 janvier 1993, Jean-Marc Faure (inspiré de Jean-Claude Romand) a tué sa femme, ses enfants, ses parents puis a essayé, mais en vain, de se suicider. L’enquête a révélé qu’il n’était pas médecin comme il le prétendait depuis dix-huit ans et, chose plus difficile encore à croire, qu’il ne faisait rien de ses journées. Près d’être découvert, il a préféré supprimer ceux dont il ne pouvait plus supporter le regard.
Quebec-Montreal (2002)
, 1h44Directed by Ricardo Trogi
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Patrice Robitaille, Stéphane Breton, Isabelle Blais, Benoît Gouin, Julie Le Breton, François Létourneau
En faisant le trajet de Québec à Montréal, différents personnages discutent des relations entre hommes et femmes. Le film met en scène trois situations différentes démontrant les relations interpersonnelles de jeunes adultes fin vingtaine.
Karmina 2 (2001)
, 1h37Directed by Gabriel Pelletier
Origin Quebec
Genres Comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Gildor Roy, Diane Lavallée, Yves P. Pelletier, Robert Brouillette, Isabelle Cyr, Julien Poulin
Cinq ans après les évènements du premier film, Karmina et sa famille de vampire sont retournés en Transylvanie. Vlad est resté au Québec tout comme Ghislain Chabot. C'est lui qui s'occupe de confectionner la potion qui les rend humain et il l'envoie en Transylvanie. Mais, lorsqu'il vient juste de finir sa recette, sa femme Linda commence à le presser de la transformer en vampire. Ghislain refuse parce que la loi ne lui permet pas. Elle décide donc de mettre un terme à leur relation le laissant dehors, sans potion et sans le grimoire qui contient la recette. Elle est bien décidée à tuer Vlad qui a transformé son mari en vampire . De son côté, Ghislain trouve refuge chez Vlad où il découvre que celui-ci usurpe son identité pour faire fonctionner un commerce et pour des activités illicites. Julie Cazavant enquête sur ces activités et découvre que Vlad a des relations criminelles avec Proulx. Pendant ce temps, la pénurie de potion se fait sentir en Transylvanie.
Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)
, 1h20Origin France
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Wayne Robson, Alexis Pivot, Kristin Fairlie, Paul Nivet, Emmanuel Curtil, Chris Wiggins
Le film est une adaptation des livres pour enfant Babar créés en 1931 par Jean de Brunhoff.
Being John Malkovich (1999)
, 1h52Directed by Spike Jonze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich
Craig Schwartz (Cusack) is an unemployed puppeteer in a forlorn marriage with his pet-obsessed wife Lotte (Diaz). Gaining a file clerk job through Dr. Lester (Bean) at LesterCorp, in the strange Floor 7½ low-ceiling offices of the Mertin-Flemmer Building in New York City, he develops an attraction to his coworker Maxine (Keener), who does not return his affections. Craig enters a small door hidden behind a filing cabinet and finds himself in the mind of actor John Malkovich. Craig is able to observe and sense whatever Malkovich does for fifteen minutes before he is ejected and dropped into a ditch near the New Jersey Turnpike. He reveals the portal to Maxine and they let others use it for $200 a turn.
It Came From the Sky (1999)
, 1h32Directed by Jack Bender
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors John Ritter, JoBeth Williams, Kevin Zegers, Yasmine Bleeth, Christopher Lloyd
Donald Bridges (John Ritter) and his wife Alice (JoBeth Williams) have a young son, Andy, (Kevin Zegers) who is emotionally disturbed due to a near drowning accident. The parents frequently argue with each other about how to raise their son until they have uninvited houseguests when a plane carrying Jarvis Moody (Christopher Lloyd) and Pepper Upper (Yasmine Bleeth) falls from the sky and crashes right onto their roof.
Laura Cadieux II (1999)
, 1h38Directed by Denise Filiatrault
Origin Quebec
Genres Comedy
Actors Ginette Reno, Danièle Lorain, Dominique Michel, Pauline Lapointe, Adèle Reinhardt, Pierrette Robitaille
Suite du film C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux, l'action de Laura Cadieux... la suite commence avec l'anniversaire des 50 ans de Madame Laura Cadieux que ses amies ont invitée à un souper d'anniversaire. Comme cadeau, elle reçoit un billet pour une belle croisière sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent. Dans les jours qui suivent, les péripéties se bousculent et toutes les dames prennent la décision de s'acheter des billets afin de pouvoir profiter de la croisière entre amies.
It's Your Turn, Laura (1998)
, 1h31Directed by Denise Filiatrault
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ginette Reno, Pierrette Robitaille, Adèle Reinhardt, Mireille Thibault, Denis Bouchard, Martin Drainville
À la fois obsédée et déprimée par son problème de poids, Laura Cadieux (Ginette Reno) attend ses injections hebdomadaires de réduction de poids. Elle rencontre ainsi une variété de gens qui ont le même problème qu'elle. Entre-temps, sa meilleure amie, Madame Therrien (Pierrette Robitaille), fouille la ville pour retrouver son fils, ne sachant pas qu'il est en sécurité avec Laura.
, 1h34Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green
In 1967, British spy Austin Powers (Mike Myers) attempts to assassinate his nemesis, Dr. Evil (also Mike Myers), in his own nightclub (the Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club). Dr. Evil escapes by launching himself in a space rocket disguised as a Big Boy statue, and cryogenically freezing himself, to return at a time when free love no longer reigned, and greed and corruption ruled again. Austin volunteers to be put into cryostasis to be revived when Dr. Evil returns.
All Over Me (1997)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Leisha Hailey, Shawn Hatosy
This film focuses on Claude (Alison Folland), a teenage girl who lives in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, and is the story of her sexual discovery and budding lesbianism. Claude's best friend is Ellen (Tara Subkoff). Her plan to start a band with Ellen is subverted when Ellen begins dating Mark (Cole Hauser).