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Michel La Veaux

Michel La Veaux

Canadian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker
January 21, 1955 (69 years old)
Can. 2024. Documentary by Michel La Veaux.
Can. 2021. Drama by Sébastien Pilote with Sara Montpetit, Sébastien Ricard, Hélène Florent. At the beginning of the 20th century, in the Lac Saint-Jean region, the daughter of a settler is courted by three men with very different personalities.
Runtime: 159 min.
Can. 2020. Dramatic comedy by Bruce LaBruce with Félix-Antoine Duval, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexandra Petrachuk. After finding his mother, whom he thought was dead, a young Montrealer spots a seminarian in the courtyard of a monastery who looks strangely like him.
Runtime: 101 min.
Can. 2018. Psychological drama by Guy Édoin with Tewfik Jallab, Karine Vanasse, Mani Soleymanlou. Following a suicide attempt, an unemployed Montrealer of Lebanese origin confronts the demons of his past with the help of a psychologist and a new girlfriend.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Fireflies Are Gone

V.O.: La Disparition des lucioles
Can. 2018. Dramatic comedy by Sébastien Pilote with Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brillant, François Papineau. In an old industrial town in the Saguenay, an anti-social teenager develops an ambiguous relationship with her guitar teacher, 20 years her senior.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 2017. Drama by Benoît Pilon with Marie-Josée Croze, Natar Ungalaq, Christine Tootoo. In Iqaluit, a Montreal woman seeks to clarify the circumstances surrounding the supposedly accidental death of her husband.
Runtime: 102 min.
Can. 2017. Documentary by Michel La Veaux. The life and career of director and cinematographer Jean-Claude Labrecque, considered one of the pioneers of Quebec cinema.
Runtime: 94 min.
Can. 2015. Documentary by Michel La Veaux. Portrait of a no-frills establishment in Saint-Germain-des-Pr
Runtime: 89 min.
Can. 2015. Sentimental drama by Stéphane Géhami with Frédéric Lemay, Louise Marleau, Jean-François Casabonne. In Montreal, the heartbreaking romance between a clueless young novelist and a former concert artist with a taste for the bottle.
Runtime: 106 min.
Can. 2013. Drama by Sébastien Pilote with Gabriel Arcand, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier. A lamb farmer decides to dismantle his farm and sell the family home in order to financially help his eldest daughter who is getting a divorce.
Runtime: 111 min.
Can. 2013. Drama by Rudy Barichello with Vincent Hoss-Desmarais, Stephen McHattie, Maria de Medeiros. Stimulated by his encounter with a young actress, a poet in need of inspiration, literary executor of the playwright Samuel Beckett, recalls his encounters in Paris with the latter.
Runtime: 85 min.
Can. 2012. Documentary by Michel Langlois. The director recalls his brief friendship with the novelist and poet Anne H
Runtime: 86 min.

Trash

V.O.: Décharge
Can. 2011. Mores drama by Benoît Pilon with David Boutin, Sophie Desmarais, Isabel Richer. An ex-offender turned waste management contractor in Montreal comes face to face with his demons when when he tries to save a teenage drug addict working the streets for a gang.
Runtime: 94 min.

For the Love of God

V.O.: Pour l'amour de Dieu
Can. 2011. Sentimental drama by Micheline Lanctôt with Madeleine Péloquin, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Ariane Legault. In the late 1950s, a teenage girl discovers that a nun and a young priest are in love with each other.
Runtime: 92 min.
Can. 2010. Psychological drama by Catherine Martin with Guylaine Tremblay, François Papineau, Denis Bernard. Shattered by the murder of her only daughter, a woman leaves Montreal and moves to her family's country home, where she gives up all desire to live.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Salesman

V.O.: Le Vendeur
Can. 2010. Psychological drama by Sébastien Pilote with Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jeremy Tessier. In Lac Saint-Jean, a car salesman's life is turned upside down when he meets an unemployed worker whom he has forced to buy a new pickup truck.
Runtime: 107 min.

Life Begins

V.O.: Une Vie qui commence
Can. 2010. Psychological drama by Michel Monty with Charles-Antoine Perreault, Julie Le Breton, François Papineau. Following the death of his doctor father by overdose, his son, who worshipped him, takes a box of pills that belonged to him without his mother
Runtime: 103 min.
Can. 2009. Documentary by Claude Demers. Five women from different generations worship the charming singer Michel Louvain, an icon of Quebec's pop culture over the last fifty years.
Runtime: 87 min.

The Necessities of Life

V.O.: Ce qu'il faut pour vivre
Can. 2008. Drama by Benoît Pilon with Natar Ungalaaq, Éveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur. In 1952, an Inuit hunter suffering from tuberculosis is forced to leave his family to be treated in a Quebec City sanatorium.
Runtime: 102 min.

Madwoman of God

V.O.: Folle de Dieu
Can. 2008. Essay film by Jean-Daniel Lafond with Marie Tifo, Lorraine Pintal, Marie Chouinard. Portrait of Marie of the Incarnation, founder of the Ursulines convent in Quebec City in 1639.
Runtime: 75 min.
Can. 2008. Drama by Simon Lavoie with Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Raymond Cloutier, Danielle Proulx. In 1944, a journalist tries to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of a runaway conscript who was shot by federal police officers.
Runtime: 110 min.

Northern Greetings

V.O.: Des nouvelles du Nord
Can. 2007. Documentary by Benoît Pilon. Over the seasons, the life of the inhabitants of Radisson, a village in Northern Quebec created in the 1970s to accommodate the workers of the James Bay construction site.
Runtime: 93 min.
Can. 2003. Documentary by Sylvie Groulx. Overworked people and people working under constant stress reflect on the meaning of time and the obsession with performance.
Runtime: 83 min.
Can. 2003. Documentary by Jacques Godbout. A look at the political path taken over the past ten years by various Quebec politicians who lived through the political turmoil that followed the failure of the Meech Lake Accord.
Runtime: 80 min.
Can. 2003. Documentary by Benoît Pilon. The peaceful existence of a small shopkeeper in the Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood of Montreal is turned upside down when he has to sell his grocery store and leave the place where he has always lived.
Runtime: 97 min.

In the Shadow of Hollywood

V.O.: À l'ombre d'Hollywood
Can. 2000. Documentary by Sylvie Groulx. In a world of globalization and the relentless Americanization of culture, European, American and Quebecois filmmakers question the future of auteur cinema.
Runtime: 112 min.
Mar. 1998. Moral study by Abdelkader Lagtaâ with Abdelaziz Saâdallah, Amine Kably, Karina Aktouf. In Casablanca, a bookseller, a teacher and a schoolboy experience various misadventures.
Runtime: 87 min.
Can. 1997. Documentary by Benoît Pilon. The daily life of a very religious old man and his entourage in a small village in Quebec.
Runtime: 107 min.
Can. 1988. Docufiction by Sylvie Groulx.
Runtime: 88 min.
Can. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Goupil with Pierre Goupil, Frédérique Nolin, Bernard Lalonde. Despite the negative remarks he receives, a young man tenaciously pursues his dream of becoming a filmmaker.
Runtime: 73 min.

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