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Class struggle in cinema

in theaters starting August 14th 2026 (QC)
Fr. 2025. Comedy by Antony Cordier with Laurent Lafitte, Élodie Bouchez, Ramzy Bedia. A law student unwittingly becomes involved in a conflict between his girlfriend's family and the guards at their villa.
Runtime: 95 min.

Temporaries

V.O.: Richelieu
Can. 2023. Social drama by Pier-Philippe Chevigny with Ariane Castellanos, Marc-André Grondin, Nelson Coronado. In a food processing plant, a Spanish-Quebec translator defends Guatemalan workers exploited by their boss.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Origin of Evil

V.O.: L'Origine du mal
Fr. 2022. Thriller by Sébastien Marnier with Laure Calamy, Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc. In a luxurious seaside villa, a woman of modest tastes reconnects with her wealthy father and becomes acquainted with the latter's tortuous entourage.
Runtime: 125 min.
Runtime: 136 min.
14A

Parasite

V.O.: Gisaengchung
Cor.S. 2019. Mores drama by Bong Joon-ho with Choi Woo-sik, Cho Yeo-Jeong, Song Kang-ho. An unemployed family intrude into the opulent bourgeois home of a very gullible housewife.
Runtime: 132 min.
18A
Fr. 2019. Social drama by Ladj Ly with Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga. A police officer’s first day in a poor suburb is marked by a dramatic incident that could jeopardize the careers of his corrupt colleagues.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Platform

V.O.: La Plataforma
Esp. 2019. Science-fiction by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia with Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan. Imprisoned in a large, austere tower, two strangers discover that they are being fed the leftover food of inmates on the upper floors.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 2019. Police comedy by Rian Johnson with Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans. A detective investigates the murder of a famous mystery writer, found with his throat slit in his sprawling gothic mansion on the night of his 85th birthday.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 2018. Fantasy comedy by Boots Riley with Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler. A young African-American telemarketing whiz is courted by a company whose success is based on a devious form of slavery.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Miguel Arteta with Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton. When her car breaks down, a Mexican healer accepts an invitation to dinner from her wealthy client, during which she confronts a condescending guest.
Runtime: 83 min.
G.-B. 2016. Social drama by Ken Loach with Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan. While struggling to get his sick pay from social services, a 59-year-old labourer helps a young single mother who is looking for work.
Runtime: 101 min.

The Measure of a Man

V.O.: La Loi du marché
Fr. 2015. Social drama by Stéphane Brizé with Vincent Lindon, Karine De Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller. An unemployed worker takes a job as a security guard in a supermarket, where he witnesses the humiliation of customers and colleagues.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 2015. Drama by Ben Wheatley with Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller. In 1975, a doctor moves into a futuristic skyscraper in the suburbs of London, designed by an architect concerned with reproducing the social scale within the building.
Runtime: 119 min.
U.S. 2012. Science-fiction by Gary Ross with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. In the near future, a teenage girl takes her sister
Runtime: 148 min.
Parental Guidance

The Intouchables

V.O.: Intouchables
Fr. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano with Omar Sy, François Cluzet, Anne Le Ny. A Black man from an underprivileged neighbourhood on the outskirts of Paris is hired as a caregiver by a quadriplegic billionaire.
Runtime: 112 min.
14A
U.S. 2006. Thriller by James McTeigue with Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea. In a totalitarian society, a young woman becomes involved with a masked vigilante who seeks to overthrow the government by committing terrorist acts.
Runtime: 132 min.
U.S. 2001. Mores drama by Robert Altman with Kelly Macdonald, Emily Watson, Clive Owen. In an English manor house where guests are gathered for a hunting party, tensions arise, on the side of both the masters and the servants.
Runtime: 137 min.
U.S. 1997. Sentimental drama by James Cameron with Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane.
Runtime: 194 min.
Parental Guidance
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Claude Chabrol with Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset. A young illiterate servant befriends a sassy postal worker who leads her to rebel against her employers.
Runtime: 111 min.
Fr. 1993. Social drama by Claude Berri with Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou. During the Second Empire, a worker revolts against the inhumane exploitation of miners, encouraging his comrades to declare a strike.
Runtime: 160 min.
U.S. 1964. Musical by George Cukor with Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White. A phonetics expert makes the bet to transform a flower seller with a populist language into a great lady.
Runtime: 175 min.

High and Low

V.O.: Tengoku to Jigoku
Jap. 1963. Crime drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki. After paying the ransom demanded by his son's kidnapper, an industrialist discovers that his driver's son was actually kidnapped by mistake.
Runtime: 142 min.
U.S. 1940. Social drama by John Ford with Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine. Farmers driven off their land by an agricultural trust seek to find sustenance in California.
Runtime: 138 min.

The Rules of the Game

V.O.: La Règle du jeu
Fr. 1939. Mores comedy by Jean Renoir with Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Roland Toutain. During a reception in a castle, romantic exchanges take place between guests and masters as well as between servants.
Runtime: 106 min.
All. 1927. Science-fiction by Fritz Lang with Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich. In a city of the future, led by a female-looking robot, workers revolt against the ruling class.
Runtime: 83 min.
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