Denys Arcand Movies

Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return earth to help former agronomist...

Every morning, Marcel confides in his tape recorder. It is from his reflections on life that this film takes us into the wake of his story.

When was Canada populated by Native Americans from the West? This film relates the discovery of the New World from the time of the Vikings, around...

Three American tourists explore Quebec guided by an imaginative leader, in an atmosphere of health and good humor. Baroque incidents, romance, and...

Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister,...

Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians' promises were and how the...

An encounter between Russian and American volleyball teams, presented more as an essay in the choreography of the players' movements than as a...

Interview with director Denys Arcand about his documentary work. Conducted on the premises of the canadian National Film Board (NFB).

M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted...

1966 PARCS ATLANTIQUES Best Short Film Award, UNESCO, Brussels, 1967 An exploration of three of Canada's national parks: Fundy, Prince Edward...

Amateur film, today not found.

This documentary depicts the conflict between hospital workers and the Quebec government in 1976. It features images of hospital workers in the...

The Burghers of Vancouver is the second collaboration between Denys Arcand and Adad Hannah. Shot on location in Paris and Vancouver it tells the...

Director Denys Arcand made an inquiry on textile industry in Quebec, meeting employers and workers of that industry.

In the seventeenth century, a grieving Portuguese nun writes to her lover, an officer in the French army, who abandoned her.

A Docufiction about the twin realities of the Nominingue village in rural quebec, a poverty town turned vacation spot. where the older generation...