Matusalem
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
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It's Olivier's birthday, and he's disappointed that the day isn't as special as he'd hoped... until the ghost of Philippe de Beauchêne appears and asks for his help. Every fifty years, for more than two centuries, on his own birthday, a spell forces Philippe to return to seek the help of a living person to accomplish an important mission. Olivier agrees to help Philippe, which leads him and five of his friends on an incredible and extraordinary adventure.
Roger Cantin
Roger Cantin is a Quebec filmmaker from Saint-Hyacinthe, active as a director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. He directed over 30 short films that garnered awards and mention internationaly. Cantin is the co-writer, with his wife Danyèle Patenaude, of the original version of The Dog Who Stopped the War (La guerre des tuques, 1984) directed by André Melançon. He is known for his films Simon and the Dreamhunters (Simon les nuages, 1990), Matusalem (1993), The Hidden Fortress (La forteresse suspendu, 2001), and A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l’Afrique, 2009).
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