, 1h34 Directed byPhilippe Falardeau OriginCanada GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFilms about education, Films about immigration, Films about suicide, Films based on plays ActorsMohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Stéphane Demers Rating74% In Montreal, an elementary school teacher hangs herself. Bashir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, then offers his services to replace her, claiming to have taught in his home country. Desperate to fill the position, the principal takes him at his word and gives him the job. He gets to know his students despite the cultural gap evident from the very first day of class and despite his difficulty adapting to the school system's constraints. As the children try to move on from their former teacher's suicide, nobody at the school is aware of Bashir's painful past, or his precarious status as a refugee. His wife, who was a teacher and writer, died along with the couple's daughter and son in an arson attack. The murderers were angered by her last book, in which she pointed a finger at those responsible for the country's reconciliation, which had led to the liberation of many perpetrators of huge crimes. The film goes on to explore Bashir's relationships with the students and faculty, and how the students come to grips with their former teacher's suicide. One student, Alice, writes an assignment on the death of their teacher, revealing the deep pain and confusion felt by each of the students.
, 1h49 OriginCanada GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about psychiatry ActorsIsabelle Blais, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Angèle Coutu, Marie-Chantal Perron, Antoine Bertrand, Marc Beaupré Roles Aline (travailleuse sociale) Rating64% Kiki (Isabelle Blais) has borderline personality disorder. She is a young student in literature at a university in Montreal who is lovesick. She takes refuge in alcohol and sex with anonymous strangers she picks up at a bar she frequents to forget her past; an unknown father, an institutionalized mother (Sylvie Drapeau), raised by her grandmother (Angèle Coutu), who is on the verge of death. But as she turns thirty, she meets her most painful love: herself.
, 1h39 OriginCanada GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsMarc Messier, André Ducharme, Serge Thériault, Rémy Girard, Louise Richer, Paule Baillargeon Roles Suzy Rating75% Trois couples se donnent rendez-vous chez l'un d'eux pour une soirée de projection de diapositives. Mais personne ne prend plaisir à cette soirée, où triomphe la banalité des échanges : c'est une socialisation forcée par les liens du voisinage, dépourvue d'empathie ou de sincérité. Une crise cardiaque vient troubler l'ennui de la rencontre.