Tag: French Canadian

  • A Skin So Soft ….. on men so hard

    A Skin So Soft ….. on men so hard

      There is something uncomfortably riveting about French/Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté documentary that really brings out the voyeur in you.  In this almost silent look at half a dozen bodybuilders he invites us to observe their complete obsession with their bodies which dominates their lives complete. Each gram of food is weighed meticulously, every daily…

  • 1:54

    1:54

      This very dark melodrama is the feature film writing/directing debut of French Canadian actor Yan England and is a chilling tale of the possible consequences of unchecked schoolyard homophobia. Sixteen-year-old Tim (Antoine Olivier Pilon) used to be a star athlete on his school track team, but after his mother died he lost all interest in…

  • THE AUCTION aka Le Dematelement

    Gaby Gagnon hasn’t had more than three days off work in the past 40 years. Working his isolated hilly sheep farm totally on his own with just his dog for company and the occasional neighbor passing by, his is a very solitary and desolate life. Once a week Louis his friend and accountant stops by…

  • STARBUCK

    42 year old David Wozniak is one of life’s underachievers who simply manages to get by day to day.  He drives a delivery truck for his family’s butcher business and then at night  tries to keep one step ahead of some dangerous looking types who are trying to collect on the gambling debts he has run…