canadian
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LAURENCE ANYWAYS
Thirtysomething Laurence is a very successful and popular high school teacher, and loves his girlfriend Fred and their very full and happy life together in Montreal. Yet despite all that he has going for him he always has a perpetual nagging sensation that something is amiss. Deep down he has always really known that essentially he feels…
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Beyond The Walls aka Hors Les Murs
This unexpected and rather remarkable new film from first time writer/director David Lambert (that I discovered by accident) realistically scrutinizes the intimate details of the rise and fall of an edgy gay relationship, devoid of stereotypes. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival during the Critics Week (picking upan Award) and most of the Reviewers then made a point…
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TAKE THIS WALTZ
Even when you observe the relationships in this movie close up they are not what they appear to be on the surface. Margot a 28-year-old freelance travel writer lives in a colorful cluttered house in the Little Portugal area in Toronto with Lou her husband of 5 years. They are very affectionate and loving towards…
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LE VENDEUR aka THE SALESMAN
Marcel Lévesque has been the Salesmen on the Month for the past 16 years in a small car dealership in a backwater town in Quebec where it never ever seems to stop snowing. Marcel is past retirement age but whilst he is still fit and anxious to keep working, the town that was totally dependent…
