Movies I Watched (November 2021)

In a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution, the school's future is at peril.

A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.

An occupational nurse attempts to blow the whistle on toxic waste leaking from a chemical plant.

A mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common.

A recently dumped man awaits a reconciliation text message from his ex during a seemingly never-ending family dinner.

Leila and Damien struggle with his bipolar disorder.

A philosophy professor at the Cegep, generally appreciated by his students, sees his values challenged when he crosses paths with Nacira, a diligent student of Muslim faith.

An author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.

Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.

Coincidentally, a critic and a writer team up for Operation Nez Rouge. It seeks to take revenge on him for a very negative criticism until she falls in love. But he plays double game with her?

A youth is torn between his father, a brasserie oyster vendor, and a friend from technical college, who gets him involved in a dodgy robbery scheme.

Female soldier struggles with a tough sergeant and an environment dominated by men.

When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children's and adults' worlds.

A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, who is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When the Euromaidan revolt breaks out in the country, anxieties rise as her family gets involved.

Two women on the verge of a breakup, in a hospital, are further stressed on the night of a big demonstration by the overwhelmed staff and by angry, injured protestors who land up besieging the building.

A doctor tries to extricate himself from the stressful work of treating drug addicts, the homeless and the destitute in difficult neighborhoods at night.

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

Laurent, a police officer in a small town in Normandy, plans to marry Marie, with whom he has a daughter. Then one day, his life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a farmer threatening to commit suicide.

Paul Atreides arrives on Arrakis after his father accepts the stewardship of the dangerous planet. However, chaos ensues after a betrayal as forces clash to control melange, a precious resource.

This is the life story of Mary Travers also known by her stage name of La Bolduc. Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc, née Travers, was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folk Singers. Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer/songwriter. Her style combined the traditional folk music of Ireland and Quebec, usually in upbeat, comedic songs.

Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.

All the while, Master Chu tries to find his place in the foreign American world.

A collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine" comes to life in a fictional twentieth century French city.

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.