Michel Brault Movies

  • 1992
    Shabbot Shalom!

    Shabbot Shalom!

    Shabbot Shalom!

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    The mayor of a suburban town must try to deal with cultural clashes with the local hassidic jewish community, while trying to mend his relation to...

    Shabbot Shalom!
  • 1969
    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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    Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all...

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
  • 1986
    Half a Lifetime

    Half a Lifetime

    Half a Lifetime

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    A regular night of poker among four friends turns into a night full of conflict, recriminations and self-reflection.

    Half a Lifetime
  • 1962
    Alone or with Others

    Alone or with Others

    Alone or with Others

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    At the end of the year 1961, three young students, Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux and Stéphane Venne, decide to direct a feature-length...

    Alone or with Others
  • 1970
    Marie-Christine

    Marie-Christine

    Marie-Christine

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    Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young...

    Marie-Christine
  • 1962
    September Five at Saint-Henri

    September Five at Saint-Henri

    September Five at Saint-Henri

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    This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to...

    September Five at Saint-Henri
  • 1963
    Take It All

    Take It All

    Take It All

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    A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young...

    Take It All
  • 1967
    Between Sweet and Salt Water

    Between Sweet and Salt Water

    Between Sweet and Salt Water

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    A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.

    Between Sweet and Salt Water
  • 1970
    Un pays sans bon sens!

    Un pays sans bon sens!

    Un pays sans bon sens!

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    Structured as a cinematic essay, "Un pays sans bon sens!" explores the emotional and political foundations of belonging to a nation. Moving between...

    Un pays sans bon sens!
  • 1964
    Geneviève

    Geneviève

    Geneviève

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    Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relation with a young boy brings both of them...

    Geneviève
  • 1958
    Washed Hands

    Washed Hands

    Washed Hands

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    An efficiency expert is called in to downsize a trucking company and the employees fight to establish a union to save their jobs.

    Washed Hands
  • 1958
    The Snowshoers

    The Snowshoers

    The Snowshoers

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    This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the...

    The Snowshoers
  • 1968
    Les enfants de Néant

    Les enfants de Néant

    Les enfants de Néant

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    Morbihan is one of the poorest regions in Brittany. Joseph, a 33-year-old farmer, can no longer live off the land. He is hired at the fancy new plant...

    Les enfants de Néant
  • 1962
    The Punishment

    The Punishment

    The Punishment

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    An aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets of Paris, she comes across a variety of people.

    The Punishment
  • 1964
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

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    A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about...

    The End of Summer
  • 1989
    A Paper Wedding

    A Paper Wedding

    A Paper Wedding

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    A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.

    A Paper Wedding
  • 1958
    Police

    Police

    Police

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    The misbehaving public performs for the camera in a half-hour miscellany of misdeeds. In a behind-the-scenes look at the hour-by-hour operation of a...

    Police
  • 1966
    The Devil's Toy

    The Devil's Toy

    The Devil's Toy

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    Dedicated “to all victims of intolerance,” "The Devil’s Toy" is a faux–public service documentary that chronicles the early...

    The Devil's Toy
  • 1962
    Children of Silence

    Children of Silence

    Children of Silence

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    This film looks at the world of children with hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis. With its straightforward, rigorous cinematic style...

    Children of Silence
  • 1963
    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    7.41963HD

    At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their...

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men