Quebec biopics

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in theaters starting September 25th 2026 (QC)

Pauline

V.O.: Pauline Julien : Femme pays

Can. 2026. Biography by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette with Suzanne Clément, Patrice Dubois, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé. The life of the singer Pauline Julien and her artistic, social and political legacy.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Can. 2025. Biography by Mélanie Charbonneau with Nina Kiri, Vincent Leclerc, Enrico Colantoni. Controversy forces Canada's first female infantry officer to confront painful memories of her military training.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Hola Frida

Fr. 2025. Animation by André Kadi, Karine Vézina. A cartoon evocation of the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

Runtime: 82 min.

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Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles

Can. 2023. Biography by Lyne Charlebois with Alexandre Goyette, Mylène Mackay, Rachel Graton. In the 1930s, Brother Marie-Victorin pursued a passionate letter-writing relationship with Marcelle Gauvreau, his student and assistant, 23 years his junior.

Runtime: 99 min.

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Confessions Of a Hitman

V.O.: Confessions

Can. 2021. Biography by Luc Picard with Luc Picard, Sandrine Bisson, David La Haye. The tumultuous life of Gérald Gallant, one of Quebec’s most prolific hitmen.

Runtime: 109 min.

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Aline: The Voice of Love

V.O.: Aline

Fr. 2020. Biography by Valérie Lemercier with Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Danielle Fichaud. Thanks to her mother’s determination and her manager’s wise advice, a young Quebecer becomes a global singing sensation.

Runtime: 126 min.

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My Salinger Year

Can. 2020. Drama by Philippe Falardeau with Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth. An aspiring writer lands a job at a New York City literary agency, where her job is to answer the mail of the house’s star author, J.D. Salinger.

Runtime: 105 min.

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La Bolduc

Can. 2018. Biography by François Bouvier with Debbie Lynch-White, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Rose-Marie Perreault. In the 1920s and 1930s in Montreal, the career and family life of Mary Travers, author and performer of songs about the working class, unflods.

Runtime: 103 min.

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Barefoot at Dawn

V.O.: Pieds nus dans l'aube

Can. 2017. Chronicle by Francis Leclerc with Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard, Roy Dupuis, Julien Leclerc. In the fall of 1926 in La Tuque, 12-year-old Félix Leclerc befriends a boy his own age from a very poor family, who helps him hear the call of the sea.

Runtime: 114 min.

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Nelly

Can. 2016. Biography by Anne Émond with Mylène Mackay, Mickael Gouin, Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau. A look into the life and work of Quebec writer Nelly Arcan, who took her own life in 2009, at the age of 36.

Runtime: 101 min.

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Corbo

Can. 2014. History by Mathieu Denis with Anthony Therrien, Karelle Tremblay, Tony Nardi. In 1966, the son of an Italian from Town of Mount Royal joins the Front de lib

Runtime: 119 min.

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Louis Cyr - The Strongest Man in the World

V.O.: Louis Cyr - L'homme le plus fort du monde

Can. 2013. Biography by Daniel Roby with Antoine Bertrand, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka, Guillaume Cyr. At the turn of the twentieth century in Quebec, the story of a French-Canadian worker's son with incredible physical strength.

Runtime: 130 min.

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L'Affaire Dumont

Can. 2012. Drama by Daniel Grou-Podz with Marc-André Grondin, Marilyn Castonguay, Sarianne Cormier. Despite claiming his innocence, a separated convenience store delivery person and father of two is sentenced to prison for the sexual assault of a woman.

Runtime: 121 min.

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Gerry

Can. 2010. Biography by Alain DesRochers with Mario Saint-Amand, Capucine Delaby, Marc-François Blondin. The life and career of Gerry Boulet, figurehead of the group Offenbach, who died of cancer in 1990, five years after launching into a brilliant solo career.

Runtime: 131 min.

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Piché: The Landing of a Man

V.O.: Piché - Entre ciel et terre

Can. 2010. Biography by Sylvain Archambault with Michel Côté, Maxime LeFlaguais, Sophie Prégent. After an emergency landing making him a media star, an alcoholic airplane pilot enters rehab to battle the demons of his past.

Runtime: 107 min.

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Shake Hands With the Devil

V.O.: Shake Hands with the Devil

Can. 2007. History by Roger Spottiswoode with Roy Dupuis, Tom McCamus, Deborah Kara Unger. The Rwandan genocide of 1994, through the painful experience of General Roméo Dallaire, who was at the head of the UN Blue Helmets at the time.

Runtime: 112 min.

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Aurore

Can. 2005. Melodrama by Luc Dionne with Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Serge Postigo, Marianne Fortier. In rural Quebec at the beginning of the 20th century, a carpenter's second wife becomes increasingly abusive against her young stepdaughter.

Runtime: 110 min.

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The Rocket

V.O.: Maurice Richard

Can. 2005. Biography by Charles Binamé with Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Julie Le Breton. The life and career of Maurice Richard, famous hockey player and hero to the French Canadians.

Runtime: 123 min.

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Nelligan

Can. 1991. Biography by Robert Favreau with Marc St-Pierre, Michel Comeau, Lorraine Pintal. A documentary about the most decisive moments in the life of the Quebec poet

Runtime: 100 min.

Quebec biopics

Pauline

Out Standing

Hola Frida

Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles

Confessions Of a Hitman

Aline: The Voice of Love

My Salinger Year

La Bolduc

Barefoot at Dawn

Nelly

Corbo

Louis Cyr - The Strongest Man in the World

L'Affaire Dumont

Gerry

Piché: The Landing of a Man

Shake Hands With the Devil

Aurore

The Rocket

Nelligan

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