Monique Fortier Movies

  • 1986
    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    6.6681986HD

    Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual),...

    The Decline of the American Empire
  • 1984
    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

    61984HD

    Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman...

    The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
  • 1971
    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    Cesar's Bark Canoe

    101971HD

    "This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of...

    Cesar's Bark Canoe
  • 1974
    They Called Us : Les Filles du Roy

    They Called Us : Les Filles du Roy

    They Called Us : Les Filles du Roy

    7.51974HD

    The history of the roles of women in Quebec society, beginning with the women shipped from France to the New World by the King to populate the colony...

    They Called Us : Les Filles du Roy
  • 2011
    The Private Life of Cinema

    The Private Life of Cinema

    The Private Life of Cinema

    02011HD

    A two-part in-depth exploration of the evolution of the private film industry, seen through the eyes of more than 50 industry professionals. Part...

    The Private Life of Cinema
  • 1971
    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Acadia Acadia?!?

    7.21971HD

    In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the...

    Acadia Acadia?!?
  • 1986
    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!

    71986HD

    In this feature documentary, a Haitian, exiled in Canada for twenty years, returns to his country after the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier....

    Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays!
  • 1968
    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

    6.81968HD

    The people of Ile-aux-Coudres talk of their fading tradition of constructing boats to ride the seas.

    The River Schooners
  • 1982
    Plenty of Nothing

    Plenty of Nothing

    Plenty of Nothing

    81982HD

    Half a million wives work with their husbands in family-run businesses, but most have no legal title to any part of the operation. This documentary...

    Plenty of Nothing
  • 1997
    The Fate of America

    The Fate of America

    The Fate of America

    101997HD

    Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Whose...

    The Fate of America
  • 1997
    You Cried: Let Me Go

    You Cried: Let Me Go

    You Cried: Let Me Go

    7.51997HD

    The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-addicted prostitute daughter being murdered at the...

    You Cried: Let Me Go
  • 1990
    Au chic Resto Pop

    Au chic Resto Pop

    Au chic Resto Pop

    81990HD

    In a poor eastern quarter of Montreal, a restaurant is dedicated for the poors only: le Chic Resto Pop. It used the surplus of some merchants to...

    Au chic Resto Pop
  • 1962
    September Five at Saint-Henri

    September Five at Saint-Henri

    September Five at Saint-Henri

    101962HD

    This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to...

    September Five at Saint-Henri
  • 1962
    Strangers for the Day

    Strangers for the Day

    Strangers for the Day

    01962HD

    This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow...

    Strangers for the Day
  • 1980
    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    7.41980HD

    It is a documentary joining 3 periods of filming in the Mouchouanipi, which is a faraway land in the North of eastern Canada.

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi
  • 1961
    Le Temps des amours

    Le Temps des amours

    Le Temps des amours

    01961HD

    This film aims to show us how young people date in four countries: Canada (Montreal), Sicily (Italy), India, and Iran. Host Renée La Rochelle...

    Le Temps des amours
  • 1975
    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler

    81975HD

    Man of the people, taxi driver, Jean Carignan is above all else one of the world's greatest violinists. In his hands reels become complex,...

    Jean Carignan, Fiddler
  • 1994
    L'affaire Norman William

    L'affaire Norman William

    L'affaire Norman William

    01994HD

    L'affaire Norman William
  • 1993
    Expectations

    Expectations

    Expectations

    01993HD

    Expectations
  • 1988
    Liberty Street Blues

    Liberty Street Blues

    Liberty Street Blues

    01988HD

    This feature documentary uses music to reveal the many faces of jazz, New Orleans style. Colourful and alive with music, the film captures the street...

    Liberty Street Blues