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All the Pretty little Horses
QUEBEC PREMIERE Official Competition – Shanghai International Film Festival – 2020Official Competition – Sarajavo International Film Festival – 2020 In the wake of a disaster, Aliki and her husband Petros take their young son Panagiotis to a provincial seaside town, seeking refuge. Working temporary jobs, Aliki and Petros try to put their lives back together so they can return home to Athens. When Aliki begins to realize that the plan is not working – or worse, may not even exist – the distance between her and Petros begins to grow.
Noura Dreams
An independent woman, Noura is raising her three children alone, working in a hospital laundry to make ends meet. While her husband Sofiane is back in jail, she meets Lassad, the love of her life. Forced to hide their relationship – if it were discovered, they would face 5 years in prison – Noura petitions for divorce but just days before it is granted, the lovers’ dream of a life together is threatened by Sofiane’s imminent release.
La Chouette en toque
An amusing look at the food chain, how to make your own muffins and why some people overeat. An adaptation of a comical Japanese tale and a new take on an old French song. In addition to your five fruit and veg a day, here are five tales that our Cinema Owl has cooked up for you, with a pinch of that special magic that only animation can provide. 4 years and older.
Nos mères
Caméra d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – 2019 Ernesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a “guerrillero” who went missing during the war.
Le jeune Ahmed
Meilleur espoir masculin – Les Magritte du cinéma – 2020Award for Best Director – Festival de Cannes (France) – 2019Prix du meilleur montage et Prix du meilleur scénario – Seminci 2019 (Espagne) In Belgium, today, the destiny of young Ahmed (13), caught between his imam’s ideals of purity and life’s temptations. Film suitable for viewing by all ages (QC)