Quebec Christmas Films
The holiday season comes with a tradition of heartwarming stories. Cinema has long embraced these tales once shared by the fireside, sometimes transforming them. This program brings together a selection of such films, highlighting various approaches and celebrating Quebecois narratives.
A group of islanders are trapped by the ice in their canoe, while their worried families celebrate New Year's Eve without them.
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A combination of live-action footage and animation creates a film that is an effective reminder that Christmas is fast disappearing under a mountain of crass commercialism: Santa Clauses that operate on a tight time schedule, a landscape shorn of evergreens, a cornucopia of toys and gadgets, and a cacophony of noise. The story is biting, the drawings are pointed, and the feast of Christmas stands divested of its slick trappings.
The film tells the story of a policeman's journey from the metropolis to Senneterre (Abitibi), on Christmas Eve, to pick up a special prisoner.
During the holidays, Denis finds himself spending Christmas dinner with his lover Carl's family. Fiercely Catholic and stubbornly traditional, Carl's family are completely unaware of their son's relationship with Denis. However, a psychological cat and mouse duel takes place between Denis and Ruby, the six-year-old spoiled rotten niece of Carl.
