canadian
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Funkytown
The town in question that has this dubious title is Montreal, and the story (loosely based on real life) starts in 1976 when it was considered one of the world’s top nightclub destinations. The aging star with the big ego is Bastien Lavallée, a TV show host and radio DJ whose top dance music shows make…
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STORIES WE TELL
Canadian actress turned filmmaker Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family and friends for this fascinating documentary which could have also been titled ‘All About My Mother’. To tell her story Polley has enlisted her interview subjects that she calls ‘The Storytellers’ to help piece together the life of her mother Diane Polley…
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Mambo Italiano
Angelo is 30 years old and still living at home with his clingy parents, but one of the very many family traditions in his house in Montreal’s Little Italy is that you only leave when you die, or when you get married. For Angelo, the latter is not an option as he is gay …..…
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Heartbeats
If you have ever had an unrequited love, especially one in your (distant) youth then this wonderfully witty tongue-in-cheek movie from the remarkable multi-talented filmmaker Xavier Dolan will really appeal to you. The story is of a love triangle. Twenty-year-old best friends Marie and Francis spot Nicolas, a stunning Adonis, at a dinner party, and they…
