2008 Movies — Alphabetical List

Alice Or Life In Black And White (2005) Alice is not eating. Cast: Marie Spapen, Valérie Lemaître, Fabrice Rodriguez Dir: Sophie Schoukens — 15 min.  Rated PG

Alive (2004) When Alex Meyer, a director of musicals, rediscovers the inspiration that had deserted him when he split up with his wife, Elisa, his producer refuses to come on board. Cast: Richard Anconina, Valeria Golino, Ginie Line Dir: Frédéric Berthe — 85 min.  Rated PG This show is part of the Youth Program taking place at the "Bloor Cinema"

Anna M. (2007) Anna, a shy and gentle young woman, believes Dr. Zanevsky, the doctor who has treated her, is in love with her. Cast: Isabelle Carré, Gilbert Melki, Anne Consigny, Geneviève Mnich, Dir: Michel Spinosa — 106 min.  Rated R

By the Way (2007) An addict meets a pharmacist; a cop in despair over his wife's comatose state meets a reluctant grandmother; a failed film-maker (the grandmother's husband) drags a garbage bag all the way to the Lisbon Festival where he... Cast: François Berléand, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie Gillain, Jacques Gamblin, Sara Martins, Elodie Yung, Loïc Corbery Dir: Martin Valente — 107 min.  Rated R

The Capture (2007) Rose, seemingly happy, is still tormented by her father's tyrannical violence, so she kidnaps him and keeps him prisoner to settle accounts with him. Cast: Catherine De Lean, Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Francis Ducharme Dir: Carole Laure — 92 min.  Rated R

The Carriers Are Waiting (1999) Roger Closset, a small-time photographer for the local newspaper, has a dream of winning a car. Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Philippe Grand'Henry, Jean-François Devigne Dir: Benoît Mariage — 94 min.  Rated 14A

Cheating Love (2006) Laurent loves Camille but falls like a ton of bricks for Élodie, the girlfriend of his best friend François. Cast: Julien Boisselier, Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey, Gilles Lellouche, Dir: Ivan Calbérac — 97 min.  Rated R

Conversations With my Gardener (2007) A middle-aged Parisian painter moves back to his childhood home in the French countryside. Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon, Élodie Navarre Dir: Jean Becker — 110 min.  Rated PG

Cowboy (2007) Daniel Piron, a has-been journalist experiencing a mid-life crisis, decides to locate the protagonists of the Sacchi hostage-taking incident to expose social injustice in a documentary. Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gilbert Melki, François Damiens, Julie Depardieu, Bouli Lanners Dir: Benoît Mariage — 96 min.  Rated R

Crossed Tracks (2007) A young woman is dumped by her fiancé in a service station. A stranger takes her back to her parents. Cast: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier Dir: Claude Lelouch — 103 min.  Rated R

Cut (2007) A man, a woman : their eyes meet in a movie theatre.. Cast: Pascale Arbillot, Artus de Penguern, Anne Riou Dir: Alain Riou — 2 min.  Rated R

DP75 - Tartina City (2007) Armed with his passport, which he has managed to prise from the authorities, young journalist Adoum goes to the airport. Cast: Youssouf Djaoro, Billy Joséphine, Felkissam Mahamat, Adama Rahama Dir: Issa Serge Coelo — 88 min.  Rated R

Dust Bowl Ha Ha ! (2007) In a city, near a bay, the Ha Ha Bay, a man is out of work. Cast: André Bouchard, Gérald Pilote Dir: Sébastien Pilote — 14 min.  Rated R

Eau Boy (2007) The life of a young man suffering from excessive perspiration since birth, is changed after an astonishing encounter. Cast: Benoit Côté, Sandy Schwermer Dir: Eric Gravel — 5 min.  Rated R

Enceinte jusqu'aux dents (2006) A pregnant actress defiantly goes to auditions in spite of her condition. Cast: Marie Donnio, Jeanne Savary Dir: Marie Donnio — 17 min.  Rated R

French Spies (2004) Benoît Rivière and William le Sauvage, two French secret agents, have to recover a nuclear missile that has been stolen by a criminal organization masterminded by Le Mâle and Natty Dreads. Cast: Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor, Édouard Baer, Georgianna Robertson Dir: Gérard Pirès — 90 min.  Rated PG

The Gap (2007) Antoine, a Geneva surgeon, loves his wife, Elizabeth, but one morning he wakes up convinced that the woman in his bed is Elizabeth's double. Cast: Michel Voïta, Monica Budde, Patricia Bopp, Frédéric Landenberg Dir: Franz Josef Holzer — 92 min.  Rated R

Gone For a Dance (2007) The film is a way for him to come full circle. It's still wonderful watching Jean-Pierre dance, he hasn't lost any of his flexibility, that buoyant quality. Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Cécile de France, Jean-Pierre Cassel Dir: Alain Berliner — 103 min.  Rated R

Goodbye Mothers (2007) 1960 Casablanca. Jews are surreptitiously emigrating to Israel in search of a better life. Cast: Marc Samuel, Rachid El Ouali, Souad Hamidou, Hafida Kassoui, Christian Drillaud, Rachel Huet, Nouzha Regragui, Ahmed Alaoui, Amina Rachid Dir: Mohamed Ismaïl — 115 min.  Rated PG

Hunting And Gathering (2007) Camille is an artist working as a cleaning woman. Franck, the surly chef, works to care for Paulette, his beloved grandmother. Cast: Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin Dir: Claude Berri — 97 min.  Rated 14A

In The Arms Of My Enemy (Horse Thieves) (2007) Brothers Jakub and Vladimir, Cossacks who are hardened by their abusive training, have their horses stolen by brothers Elias and Roman, who kills Vladimir. Cast: Grégoire Colin, Adrien Jolivet, François-René Dupont, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Dir: Micha Wald — 85 min.  Rated R

Islamour (2007) Abbas and Betty, who have two children, decide to leave the United States and move to Morocco. Cast: Anne Macina, Hakim Noury, Souad Hamidou, Iman Reghay Dir: Saâd Chraïbi — 95 min.  Rated PG

Jacquou Le Croquant (2007) Count Nansac's cruelty is responsible for the misfortunes of young Jacquou, who vows to take revenge. Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Léo Legrand, Albert Dupontel, Olivier Gourmet, Jocelyn Quivrin, Tchéky Karyo Dir: Laurent Boutonnat — 150 min.  Rated 14A

La Belle Empoisonneuse (2008) The life of 25-year-old Homère Angelopoulos-Lacroix is hanging by a thread. Cast: Isabelle Blais, Maxime Denommée, Benoît Gouin, Robert Lepage Dir: Richard Jutras — 96 min.  Rated R

La Lâcheté (2007) Conrad Tremblay, an unhappily married gravedigger, is passionately in love with Madeleine, a manipulative prostitute. Cast: Denis Trudel, Hélène Florent, Geneviève Rioux, Stéphane Demers Dir: Marc Bisaillon — 102 min.  Rated R

The Lark Farm (2007) In 1915, in a small Turkish town, Aram Avakian is getting ready to welcome his brother Assadour, who lives in Italy, a celebration for his large family which disregards the preparations for the "Great War. Cast: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina Dir: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani — 122 min.  Rated R

The Little Book of Revenge (2007) Bernard, an accountant at the Vendôme jewellery store, is teetering on the brink, coping with an imminent divorce and the bullying of a despotic boss, when the peculiar Robert proposes a foolproof revenge. Cast: Marc Béland, Gabriel Gascon, Michel Muller, Pascale Bussières Dir: Jean-François Pouliot — 105 min.  Rated R

Michou D'Auber (2007) Messaoud, a nine-year-old Algerian boy, is placed in a foster family in Berry during the Franco-Algerian war of the 1960s. Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir Dir: Thomas Gilou — 124 min.  Rated 14A

Mr. Average (2006) Because he’s just like everyone else, Jalil is exceptional. As he infallibly provides responses shared by the majority, without his knowing it he’s become the measuring stick of an imminent marketing institute run b... Cast: Khalid Maadour, Caroline Dhavernas, Gilbert Melki , Chantal Lauby, Thierry Lhermitte Dir: Pierre-Paul Renders — 90 min.  Rated 14A This show is part of the Youth Program taking place at the "Bloor Cinema"

My Daughter, My Angel (2007) Nathalie Dagenais, a 19-year-old from a comfortable middle-class family, goes to Montréal to study. Cast: Karine Vanasse, Michel Côté, Christian Bégin, Pierre-Luc Brillant Dir: Alexis Durand-Brault — 86 min.  Rated R

Persepolis (2006) The coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. Cast: (voice of/avec les voix de) Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastrioanni, Danielle Darrieux Dir: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud — 95 min.  Rated 14A This show is part of the Youth Program taking place at the "Bloor Cinema"

Poltergay (2006) Emma and Marc, a loving married couple, move into their dream home, which has been vacant for 30 years, but Marc starts seeing and hearing ghostly gay partiers, while Emma doesn't see or hear a thing. Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Michel Duchaussoy, Lionel Abelanski Dir: Eric Lavaine — 93 min.  Rated R

Remember to Love Me (2006) Love comes and goes. But that women’s love made him discover his true self. Cast: Julie Prieur Dir: Bertrand Weissgerber — 5 min.  Rated R

Samira's garden (2007) Lovely Samira marries a childless, widowed farmer, but the promise of a fulfilling life fades. Cast: Mohamed Khouyyi, Sanaa Mouziane, Youssef Britel, Mohamed Majd Dir: Latif Lahlou — 96 min.  Rated R

A Secret (2007) François, a sickly child, is a disappointment to his athletic parents, so he invents an athletic brother, until a close friend tells him the real history of his family. Cast: Patrick Bruel, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Julie Depardieu, Dir: Claude Miller — 100 min.  Rated 14A

Songes d'une femme de ménage (2007) Gül is a housekeeper : her day's work is interrupted by an unsusual event. Cast: Serra Ylmaz, Hilde Wils Dir: Banu Akseki — 15 min.  Rated R

Sounds of Sand (2007) Drought forces Rahne and his family to leave their village. He leads his wife and children eastward. Cast: Isaka Sawadogo, Carole Karemera, Asma Nouman Aden Dir: Marion Hänsel — 96 min.  Rated R

Sur la ligne (2006) The misunderstanding between French tourists and young First Nation brothers near a village, will rapidly degenerate after the arrival of two policemen. Cast: Kyle Zacharie, Pierre Grégoire Dir: Frédéric Desager — 15 min.  Rated R

Take the Plunge (2007) Gaby Roberge is a rebellious sixteen year-old student attending Sainte-Victoire secondary school. Cast: Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Yanick Bousquet, Catherine de Léan, Maxime Desbiens Tremblay, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Dir: Frédéric D'Amours — 119 min.  Rated PG This show is part of the Youth Program taking place at the "Bloor Cinema"

The 3 Little Pigs (2007) Three brothers are looking after their mother who is in a coma. At the hospital, they discuss their sexual fantasies. Cast: Claude Legault, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Paul Doucet, Sophie Prégent, Julie Perreault, Isabel Richer Dir: Patrick Huard — 124 min.  Rated R

Twilight (2007) Madeleine, aged 73, has Alzheimer's and decides to travel to the Gaspé peninsula, where she will end her life. Cast: Monique Mercure, Patrick Labbé, Suzanne Clément, Stéphane Gagnon Dir: Fernand Dansereau — 100 min.  Rated R

Une girafe sous la pluie (2007) It was kicked out of the country for stealing water. Dir: Pascale Hecquet — 12 min.  Rated R

Very Well, Thank You (2007) All it takes is an argument about his rights for Alex, an accountant, to get dragged into a hellish chain of events: prison, a psychiatric hospital and unemployment. Cast: Gilbert Melki, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Cruveiller Dir: Emmanuelle Cuau — 102 min.  Rated R

Water Lilies (2006) Three lovelorn teenage girls: Marie, the tomboy, neglects her lumpish friend Anne for Floriane, a synchronized swimming nymphet. Cast: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adele Haenel Dir: Céline Sciamma — 84 min.  Rated 14A

Where Are You Going Moshé? (2007) In Bejjad in the early 1960s, Jews are making secret preparations for departure. Cast: Simon Elbaz, Abdelkader Lotfi, Hassan Essakalli, Mohamed Tsouli, Rim Shmaou Dir: Hassan Benjelloun — 90 min.  Rated 14A

You (2007) Michèle, who has an eight-year-old son named Manu and is married to Paul, is involved in a passionate affair with Thomas. Cast: Laurent Lucas, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marc Béland, Raphaël Dury Dir: François Delisle — 87 min.  Rated R