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French Film Festival 2012

Some of the best from Canada. Also featuring a showcase of Québec shorts.

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Bestiaire (Country: Canada, France; Year: 2012; Director: Denis Côté; Writer: Denis Côté)
Documentary meditation on man's relationship with animals.
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Behind Closed Doors (Catimini) (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Nathalie Saint-Pierre; Writer: Nathalie Saint-Pierre; Stars: Emilie Bierre, Rosine Chouinard-Chauveau, Roger Larue, Frédérique Paré, Joyce Tamara-Hall, Isabelle Vincent)
Drama about four girls under the care of Child Protection Services.
Karakara (Country: Japan, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Claude Gagnon; Writer: Claude Gagnon; Stars: Youki Kudoh, Gabriel Arcand, Megumi Tomita, Atta Yuichi, John Potter, Toshi Moromi, Tenyu Okuda, Takayuki Ichise, Mieko Taira, Toshiko Taira)
A retired professor in his early sixties goes on a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa.
Laurence Anyways (Country: Canada, France; Year: 2012; Director: Xavier Dolan; Writer: Xavier Dolan; Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri)
A teacher and aspiring writer in Nineties Montreal tells his girlfriend he wants to live as a woman.
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Starbuck (Country: Canada; Year: 2011; Director: Ken Scott; Writer: Ken Scott, Martin Petit; Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, Marc Bélanger, Igor Ovadis, David Michael, Patrick Martin, David Giguère, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Sebastien Beaulac, Patrick Caux, Catherine De Sève, Patrick Labbé, André Lanthier)
A middle-aged slacker finds himsel confronted by the pregnancy of his lover... and a class action lawsuit filed by 142 people fathered from his sperm donations.
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