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Cafe de Flore
Canada, 2011, 120 min.
Returning to the flamboyant, pop-driven style of his debut hit C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean-Marc Vallée fashions twin love stories-one in Paris in the 60s, one in present-day Montreal-that bounce off each other in unexpected and sometimes devastating ways.... more
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Cloudburst
Canada, 2011, 93 min.
Oscar-winning actresses Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis play aging lovers forced to go on the run in order to stay together in this uproarious dramedy which has much to say about the true nature of love and commitment.... more
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Edwin Boyd
Canada, 2011, 105 min.
Canada’s very own “public enemy number one”, Boyd was a WWII vet who turned to bank robbery when all else failed. Morlando’s debut film is a spry, energetic entertainment and not unsympathetic to its antihero’s plight. Winner: Best Canadian First Feature, Toronto.... more
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Foreverland
Canada, 2011, 95 min.
Twenty-one-year-old Will is doing his best to cope with his Cystic Fibrosis, but it’s only when he’s tasked with transporting a friend’s ashes 2000 miles down the West Coast to a shrine in Baja that he learns to really live.... more
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If I Were You
Canada, 2011, 115 min.
When Madelyn discovers her husband is having an affair, her attempts to stalk his young mistress take a surprising turn and the two wind up forming a rather unconventional pact. A charming, very funny look at the unexpected places life can take us.... more
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Monsieur Lazhar
Canada, 2011, 94 min.
Algerian illegal immigrant jumps at the opportunity to take over the class of an elementary school teacher who tragically died. This is a luminous and tender tale about the lessons we learn from one another, regardless of age... more
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Nuit #1
Canada, 2011, 91 min.
A one-night stand veers from casual sex to something more intimate and revealing in Anne Émond’s bold debut feature, a candid two-hander with a stellar performance by Catherine de Léan). Winner: Best Canadian Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival.... more
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The Salesman
Canada, 2011, 107 min.
One of Canada’s Top Ten films of the year and winner of numerous International awards, this debut feature is a subtle, assured, psychologically acute character study about a veteran car salesman who lives for the deal. ... more
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Starbuck
Canada, 2011, 109 min.
The past comes back with a vengeance in this Canadian comedy about a class action suit against prolific sperm donor David Wozniak, aka Starbuck. Twenty years after his successful moneymaking scheme, all David’s 142 children want to know is, “Who’s my Daddy?”... more
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