Philippe Lavalette Movies

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept,...

As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his...

A look at the history and cultural impact of Tarzan.

A different perspective on the exile and social impact of major projects such as oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada. These large-scale projects,...

The climbing of an immense staircase made up of the most varied stairs- Symbolic scenes occur on different levels where characters seem to be...

Abandoned on the doorstep of a Montreal orphanage, Johanne Harrelle eventually rose to prominence as a gifted artist, actress, and one of North...

With his job in the balance, Gérard bets his boss that he can transform bad-tempered street person Lola into television star material. With...

A coming-of-age saga set in the slums of Montreal as a young teenage boy comes to grips with the temptations of the street while hopelessly aspiring...

From the 1950s to the 1980s, Catholic priests committed numerous sexual abuses on young boys in several French-speaking villages in New Brunswick....

A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.

Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the...

Nicolas loves baseball. Every day during vacation he and his friends meet at the town’s old baseball field to play their favourite game......

After a Dantean journey, women from Nigeria arrive alone and ever younger in Italy, looking for a better life. Such horrors as human trafficking and...

In the spring of 2016, for the first time in 54 years, Ariane Mnouchkine entrusts her troupe, the Théâtre du Soleil, to another...

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

Juanicas is an intimate portrait of a Mexican immigrant family in Quebec affected by mental illness. Using material shot over almost 10 years, the...

An Irishman falls in love in turn-of-the-century Quebec (in Canada).

Interview with director Denys Arcand about his documentary work. Conducted on the premises of the canadian National Film Board (NFB).