Serge Giguère

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Les lettres de ma mère
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Les lettres de ma mère

Mar 16, 2018

Les lettres de ma mère
2018 86 min 2 vues
Usant de la longue correspondance de sa mère, décédée en 1975, et d'une série de photos d'époque, Serge Giguère retrace de façon ludique l'histoire de sa gigantesque famille.
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Capturing Reality
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Capturing Reality

Nov 01, 2008

Capturing Reality
2008 90 min 8 vues
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian's journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?
Documentary
Oscar Thiffault
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Oscar Thiffault

Jun 06, 1987

Oscar Thiffault
1987 56 min 1 vues
A documentary about the folk country musician Oscar Thiffault, the famous songwriter of Le Rapide blanc.
Documentary
Le roi du drum
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Le roi du drum

Jun 06, 1992

Le roi du drum
1992 54 min 1 vues
Guy Nadon is the rhythm incarnate. A jazz drummer who strikes on everything that makes noise. A king of musical improvisation, but also a king of improvisation, sometimes holding words bordering on surrealism.
Documentary
À force de rêves
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À force de rêves

Nov 09, 2006

À force de rêves
2006 137 min 1 vues
Guy Nadon is the rhythm incarnate. A jazz drummer who strikes on everything that makes noise. A king of musical improvisation, but also a king of improvisation, sometimes holding words bordering on surrealism.
Documentary
À force de rêves
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À force de rêves

Nov 09, 2006

À force de rêves
2006 137 min 1 vues
Guy Nadon is the rhythm incarnate. A jazz drummer who strikes on everything that makes noise. A king of musical improvisation, but also a king of improvisation, sometimes holding words bordering on surrealism.
Documentary
9, St-Augustin
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9, St-Augustin

Jun 15, 1996

9, St-Augustin
1996 52 min 1 vues
Raymond Roy is a 64-year-old idealist, an energetic social activist ready to give everything he has to those living on the edge: the alienated, impoverished and exploited members of society. Raymond is also a priest, doing what he has wanted to do ever since he was a teenager. Filmmaker Serge Giguère paints an intimate portrait of a man who has spent 30 years fighting for an alternative vision of life in his community. The film is a blend of cinema vérité and social history that provides a view of the man and his work from without and within, from the poetry of his personal diary laced with doubts and self-criticism, to the many achievements of the community groups he helped. Filming over several years, Giguère gives us a sense of the changes in values and attitudes of those who run our society, along with the role of the community groups who provide solutions, inspiration and a sense of renewal.
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Belle famille
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Belle famille

Jul 11, 1978

Belle famille
1978 101 min 1 vues
A working class family leaves St-Henri quarter in Montréal to build a new home in the countryside.
Documentary
Rivières d'argent
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Rivières d'argent

Oct 01, 2002

Rivières d'argent
2002 50 min 1 vues
In 2001, the government of Quebec announced a new program to issue permits for the construction of private hydroelectric dams at specific sites. Upset, the population took things into their own hands and decided to act. Citizens formed collectives to protect their waterways, among the most beautiful in the province. This documentary follows several artist and citizen groups who led a crusade to force the Québec government to abandon private hydro-electrical production. It is a thorough inquiry on the environmental impact and other repercussions of such projects.
Documentary
Le Retour à la terre
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Le Retour à la terre

Jan 01, 1976

Le Retour à la terre
1976 56 min 1 vues
In 2001, the government of Quebec announced a new program to issue permits for the construction of private hydroelectric dams at specific sites. Upset, the population took things into their own hands and decided to act. Citizens formed collectives to protect their waterways, among the most beautiful in the province. This documentary follows several artist and citizen groups who led a crusade to force the Québec government to abandon private hydro-electrical production. It is a thorough inquiry on the environmental impact and other repercussions of such projects.
Documentary
Ti-Dré
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Ti-Dré

Jul 04, 1976

Ti-Dré
1976 55 min 1 vues
A dying man films his last month.
Documentary
Maurice
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Maurice

Mar 07, 2025

Maurice
2025 137 min 1 vues
MAURICE reveals the famous #9 of the Montreal Canadiens like never before. Through never-before-seen archival footage shot over 35 years, this documentary offers exclusive access to the man behind the Rocket myth. Designed by Serge Giguère and Robert Tremblay, who died before completing this project, MAURICE paints an intimate and authentic portrait of Maurice Richard, well beyond his exploits on the ice rink. More than a hockey player, he embodies the perseverance and hope of a people, forever marking Quebec culture.
Documentary
Les lettres de ma mère
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Les lettres de ma mère

Mar 16, 2018

Les lettres de ma mère
2018 86 min 2 vues
Toul Québec au monde sua jobbe stages the takeover of a factory by the workers. A 1978 film interpreted by non-professionals, it is one of the few examples of worker cinema in Quebec.
Documentary
Maurice
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Maurice

Mar 07, 2025

Maurice
2025 137 min 1 vues
MAURICE reveals the famous #9 of the Montreal Canadiens like never before. Through never-before-seen archival footage shot over 35 years, this documentary offers exclusive access to the man behind the Rocket myth. Designed by Serge Giguère and Robert Tremblay, who died before completing this project, MAURICE paints an intimate and authentic portrait of Maurice Richard, well beyond his exploits on the ice rink. More than a hockey player, he embodies the perseverance and hope of a people, forever marking Quebec culture.
Documentary
Rivières d'argent
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Rivières d'argent

Oct 01, 2002

Rivières d'argent
2002 50 min 1 vues
In 2001, the government of Quebec announced a new program to issue permits for the construction of private hydroelectric dams at specific sites. Upset, the population took things into their own hands and decided to act. Citizens formed collectives to protect their waterways, among the most beautiful in the province. This documentary follows several artist and citizen groups who led a crusade to force the Québec government to abandon private hydro-electrical production. It is a thorough inquiry on the environmental impact and other repercussions of such projects.
Documentary
Aube urbaine
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Aube urbaine

Jan 01, 1995

Aube urbaine
1995 22 min 1 vues
This short documentary chronicles the everyday life of the city's residents. We hear testimonials from citizens set against black-and-white images of life downtown.
Documentary
Le roi du drum
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Le roi du drum

Jun 06, 1992

Le roi du drum
1992 54 min 1 vues
Guy Nadon is the rhythm incarnate. A jazz drummer who strikes on everything that makes noise. A king of musical improvisation, but also a king of improvisation, sometimes holding words bordering on surrealism.
Documentary
Oscar Thiffault
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Oscar Thiffault

Jun 06, 1987

Oscar Thiffault
1987 56 min 1 vues
A documentary about the folk country musician Oscar Thiffault, the famous songwriter of Le Rapide blanc.
Documentary
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
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Dancing Around the Table, Part One

Jan 01, 1987

Dancing Around the Table, Part One
1987 57 min 1 vues
Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The 1984 Federal Provincial Conference of First Ministers on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters was a tumultuous and antagonistic process that pitted Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and the First Ministers—who refused to include Indigenous inherent rights to self-government in the Constitution—against First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders, who would not back down from this historic opportunity to enshrine Indigenous rights. The conference was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s last constitutional meeting before he resigned and the process was handed over to his successor, Brian Mulroney.
Documentary
Les grands enfants
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Les grands enfants

Apr 24, 1980

Les grands enfants
1980 83 min 1 vues
Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships. The film is set in Montreal.
Drama
Temiscaming, Québec
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Temiscaming, Québec

Oct 20, 1976

Temiscaming, Québec
1976 65 min 1 vues
Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down. Part I tells what steps the workers, townspeople and ex-CIP managers took to reopen a mill co-owned and co-managed by the workers; Part II explains the new corporate ownership of the mill, how it works, and its growing pains.
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De la tourbe et du restant
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De la tourbe et du restant

Dec 27, 1979

De la tourbe et du restant
1979 88 min 1 vues
This film is first and foremost a documentary on the exploitation of the peat bogs of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, which export most of their humus production to the United States: but the film is also the story of the exploitation of nature by man and of man by man.
Documentary
Splash
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Splash

Dec 27, 1981

Splash
1981 16 min 1 vues
Berri and Ste-Catherine, at 8:30 a.m. on June 19, traffic was paralyzed by 8 individuals, who appeared from who knows where. The hidden cameras see everything. This film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1st Montreal International Art Film Festival.
Documentary
Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists
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Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists

Jan 01, 1988

Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists
1988 28 min 1 vues
Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists with remarkably different styles: Soviet Leonid Chizhik, Black Montrealer Oliver Jones, and French-Canadian Jean Beaudet. It introduces viewers to the diversity of interpretation within today's jazz world, explores the roots of modern jazz and the specific formative influences on the musicians profiled, and reaches for a definition of twentieth-century jazz.
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Quel numéro ? - What number ? ou le travail automatisé
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Quel numéro ? - What number ? ou le travail automatisé

Apr 26, 1985

Quel numéro ? - What number ? ou le travail automatisé
1985 137 min 1 vues
Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists with remarkably different styles: Soviet Leonid Chizhik, Black Montrealer Oliver Jones, and French-Canadian Jean Beaudet. It introduces viewers to the diversity of interpretation within today's jazz world, explores the roots of modern jazz and the specific formative influences on the musicians profiled, and reaches for a definition of twentieth-century jazz.
Documentary
Paysage sous les paupières
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Paysage sous les paupières

Dec 27, 1995

Paysage sous les paupières
1995 63 min 1 vues
Through the eyes of children and women of different generations, this film reveals the soul of a small village on the Upper North Shore. Mrs. Kennedy has a vital link with the forest: Diane, faced with the difficult path of her life, raises her head; Cathy, at 18, has the biting lucidity of those who have had to fight. The strength and willpower of each of them is echoed by Guylaine, the young soprano who, throughout the film, plays, sings and exudes joie de vivre.
Documentary
Le père de Gracile
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Le père de Gracile

Nov 11, 2004

Le père de Gracile
2004 80 min 1 vues
Through the eyes of children and women of different generations, this film reveals the soul of a small village on the Upper North Shore. Mrs. Kennedy has a vital link with the forest: Diane, faced with the difficult path of her life, raises her head; Cathy, at 18, has the biting lucidity of those who have had to fight. The strength and willpower of each of them is echoed by Guylaine, the young soprano who, throughout the film, plays, sings and exudes joie de vivre.
Drama
Avant le jour
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Avant le jour

Dec 27, 2000

Avant le jour
2000 93 min 1 vues
Before Daybreak is a film about how life is passed on, and about the privileged relationship people have with the land they inhabit. In her house on Providence Island, Florence performs her timeless gestures. In Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Simonne opens her house and heart to guests, friends, people without work. Mireille, Florence’s daughter, affirms her desire to keep living in Tête-à-la-Baleine despite the decline in fishing. Gédéon, an old fisherman, observes the universe through his fertile imagination. The passenger freighter, Nordik Express is the silent witness of the links woven by time in the immense territory of the lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence.
Documentary
Précis du quotidien
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Précis du quotidien

Dec 27, 2008

Précis du quotidien
2008 25 min 1 vues
A summer in the life of a mother and her two children. Précis of the Everyday is a tender look at the memory, passing time, imagination and poetry that make every day a unique experience. In her desire to “record every moment”, the mother is humbled by how much escapes her.
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