French Canadian LGBTQ : Gay and Lesbian movies from Québec
A Cinematographic Anthology 1963-2024
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- DirectorClaude JutraStarsClaude JutraJohanne HarelleVictor DésyA man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.
- DirectorHarvey HartJules SchwerinStarsWendell BurtonMichael GreerZooey HallThe young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out drag queen, Rocky, a quiet but cocky con, and Mona, a young gay man who ministers to Rocky. Smitty watches in horror as gangs of inmates brutalize prisoners who lack protection. Those who complain risk beatings or murder at the hands of unsympathetic guards: all cries are bootless. Mona offers poetry - Shakespeare's sonnet XXIX; Queenie and Rocky offer Smitty advice, and Rocky offers protection for a price. Smitty's choices and their consequences are the film's main subjects.
- DirectorAndré BrassardStarsDenise FiliatraultMichelle RossignolFrédérique CollinCriss-cross stories adapted by author Michel Tremblay's popular plays from the Plateau borough in Montreal.
- DirectorGilles CarleStarsCarole LaureRaymond CloutierReynald BouchardThe demands of her family and the stress of daily life drive the mind of a woman into permanent fantasy as a way to cope.
- DirectorAndré ForcierStarsJean LapointeJean Pierre BergeronSophie ClémentIn a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsAlbane GuilheLouise MarleauLucie LaurierA Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. While creating an installation in an abandoned warehouse, she confronts her past and is increasingly drawn to her friend.
- DirectorJean-Yves LaforceStarsMichel PoirierGilles RenaudWhen 24 year old apiring actor Mathieu meets and falls for 39 year old Jean-Marc who has just ended a seven year relationship, things are not all roses. In addition to their age difference there's the matter of Mathieu's five year old son from a previous marriage.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsDominique MichelDorothée BerrymanLouise PortalSexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsMarie TifoPierre CurziJacques GodinA government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information about Montreal's underworld. Théo agrees to steal the bag for money and safe passage to the US for himself and his son Robin. Théo brings in two helpers, Gilder, ex-con and set designer, and Roxanne, Gilder's friend, a tough-minded petty thief. Their elaborate plan blows up when a guard, Marcel, takes his responsibilities too seriously. What happens to father and son? Will any of the thieves escape?
- DirectorJean-Claude LauzonStarsGilles MaheuRoger LebelCorrado MastropasquaMarcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long trip abroad), while being pursued by two corrupt cops (one of whom bears a longstanding grudge against him) for drug money he's alleged to possess...
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsMatthias HabichJohanne-Marie TremblayMichel VoïtaA war photographer returns home to Montréal to discover that his two partners have left him to be together. Alone in the city, he photographs what he sees, trying to heal both his war memories and a broken heart.
- DirectorRobert MénardStarsMichel CôtéLouise MarleauGeneviève RiouxThe same actor plays four kinds of male animals prowling four kinds of Montreal nightclubs.
- DirectorAnne Claire PoirierStarsJean BesréMuriel DutilJacques GodinFriendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his room, unannounced, rolls the voluble Victor Laprade, who draws out Philippe over the next few months. Victor gives Philippe the gift of experiencing the moment. In return, the well-heeled Philippe organizes field trips to dinner and to a botanical garden, and, unknown to Victor, becomes the man's benefactor when Victor's children get stingy. The openly-gay Victor also pushes Philippe to acknowledge feelings he's always kept suppressed.
- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsRoy DupuisJacques GodinJean-François PichetteIt's hard to review this movie without giving anything away. Suffice it to say that it depicts the crime of one member of a gay male relationship and the desperate struggle for the lead character to make those around him understand the reason for his crime.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsThomas GibsonRuth MarshallCameron BancroftSet in a dreary urban landscape of Edmonton, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s. The film focuses on roommates David, a gay waiter who has has given up on his acting career, and Candy, a book reviewer who is also David's ex-lover. David and Candy's lives are entangled with those of David's friends (a busboy, a psychic dominatrix, and a misogynistic civil-servant) and Candy's dates (a male bartender and a lesbian schoolteacher). Meanwhile, a serial killer menaces the concrete and asphalt neighbourhood in which David and Candy live.
- DirectorPaule BaillargeonStarsMarianne Coquelicot MercierDenis MercierTobie PelletierCamille don't like the man her mother is seeing. She still dreams about her father, who's living in New York. One day, she sees her mother arguing with a woman for some time. Camille recognizes in this woman her father, who has had a sex change. Not accepting his transformation, Camille will try to convince him to become her father again.
- DirectorRobert LepageStarsLothaire BluteauPatrick GoyetteJean-Louis MilletteThe year is 1952, in Québec City, Québec. Rachel (Suzanne Clément), sixteen, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young Priest under the confidentiality of the confessional. In the present year of 1994, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) has returned to Québec to attend his father's funeral. He meets up with his adopted brother, Marc (Patrick Goyette), who has begun questioning his identity and has embarked on a quest for his roots that would lead them to the Québec of the 1950s. Past and present converge in a complex web of intrinque where the answer to the mystery lies.
- DirectorJennifer AlleynManon BriandMarie-Julie DallaireStarsMarie-Hélène MontpetitPascal ContamineFrance CastelImmigrant cabbie connects nervous filmmaker, lawyer, mystery man, possibly HIV+ gay man. Comedy and tragedy mingle, awash in philosophy.
- DirectorJohn GreysonStarsIan D. ClarkMarcel SabourinAubert PallascioWhen a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.
- DirectorDenis LangloisStarsPaul-Antoine TailleferEric CabanaRobin AubertL'ESCORTE is a comedy of manners where cynicism and false naiveté mingle in a bittersweet study of love, lies and friendship in the age of AIDS. Amid the laughter and the tears, the hustle and bustle of life goes on.
- DirectorClaude FournierStarsRoy DupuisPatrick HuardCharlotte LaurierIn order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique finds a job as an antique dealer. But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is gay, slowly breaking his marriage and stirring weird emotions from his mother...
- DirectorMichel PouletteStarsSerge DupireMacha GrenonJacques GodinJacques Laniel, a young policeman for whom everything seemed to turn into success, sees is universe falls over when his partner and friend is meanly killed before his very eyes.
- DirectorManon BriandStarsCharlotte LaurierDino TavaroneJonathan BolducLaurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility.
- DirectorJeanne CrépeauStarsDominique LeducStephanie MorgensternMarcel SabourinTwo friends meet after 15 years. One of them is in love with the other. One night she comes clean and is rebuffed by her shocked friend - at first.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanStarsDavid La HayeMartin DesgagnéLouise PortalA strike at a sawmill in a small Canadian town puts Steph and Piston out of work. They want to resurrect their band but Marie-Lou, Piston's ex-wife and the band's former lead singer is not enthusiastic about the idea. Meanwhile Steph is having realtionship trouble with Rose, an older woman that he's been seeing and drifts first to Marie-Lou and then to Charles, who once left town but is now back.
- DirectorDenis LangloisStarsRichard AngrignonStéphanie AubryJessie BeaulieuDanny is a romantic young man looking for love, the son of a gay dad and a top model mom who died of an overdose when he was still young. He wants to become part of a society that values luxury, glamour and appearances above all, by becoming a model. He embarks on a quest to find his real identity in a world that would make him gay because of his work, because of his paternal heritage, or simply because of his looks. He takes modeling to its extreme by becoming a stripper and finally finds the love he was looking for on the set of a porno shoot, with Karine, a photographer who's as voyeuristic as he is exhibitionnist. But destiny soon catches up with him...
- DirectorManon BriandStarsPascale BussièresJulie GayetJean-Nicolas VerreaultA seismologist investigates the mysterious cessation of the tides near her Quebec home town.
- DirectorRobert LepageStarsRobert LepageAnne-Marie CadieuxMarco PoulinAfter the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardDorothée BerrymanStéphane RousseauDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
- DirectorÉmile GaudreaultStarsLuke KirbyPeter MillerGinette RenoThe son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.
- DirectorZiad ToumaStarsBrian CharbonneauKaren SimpsonSteven TurpinWhen the Chemical Sisters, Montreal's fabulous club kid duo find an unconscious naked boy on their way out from yet another jetset event, they decide to bring him home and take matters into their own glittery hands. After baptizing their amnesiac boy-toy Chris, the infamous pair takes him on a grand tour of their wild nightlife frolic, their spontaneous media extravaganza and their dazzling diva lifestyle in order to help him find his identity and his way home.
- DirectorÉric TessierStarsBrigitte PaquetteSerge ThériaultVéronique BannonAn adulterous man married to a wealthy Realtor plans on killing his wife with the assistance of his young lover. Little does the cheating husband know that his young lover is planning to blackmail him.
- DirectorDenis LangloisStarsDusan DukicTyler HallDerek LebreroInspired by a true story, Amnesia tells the story of a young man (Dusan Dukic) who wakes up on a Montreal street knowing nothing about himself, except that he's gay.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMichel CôtéMarc-André GrondinDanielle ProulxA young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
- DirectorYves DesgagnésStarsClaudine MercierDenys ArcandDan BigrasDans la ville de Montréal, un célèbre concours de chant (Idole instantanée), dont le gagnant enregistre son premier album, présente quatre finalistes. Quand le gagnant de l'an passé, Simon Sirois (Claudine Mercier) doit s'occuper de sa mère malade alors qu'il aurait préféré aller à Las Vegas pour rencontrer Céline Dion, les quatre finalistes (toutes interprétées par Claudine Mercier), les femmes sont Catherine « Cat » Painchaud, mère au foyer de trois enfants ; Manon Lemieux, fille unique d'un couple qui sacrifie leur travail pour l'aider a réaliser son rêve ; Daphnée Bérubé, rouquine travaillant dans un centre d'exercices pour personnes âgées ainsi que Mimi Dubé, fille qui vit avec ses parents dans un petit village paisible. Alors que les quatre femmes, encouragées par leur entourage, sont toutes déterminées à remporter Idole Instantanée 2, les Femmes devront toutefois surmonter certains obstacles afin d'arriver à leur but. Ces quatre jeunes femmes rêvent de devenir une vedette immédiate en remportant le concours Idole instantanée 2. On suit donc, en parallèle, les quatre protagonistes pendant les 24 h précèdant la grande finale télévisée de la compétition. Le film 'Idole instantanée' aborde deux facettes de la télé-réalité. Tout d'abord l'aspect tentatuculaire et monstrueux du phénomène; son omniprésence médiatique et notre impossibilité d'y échapper. Ensuite, le mariage parfait, la fusion totale entre le voyeurisme des télespectateurs et l'exhibitionnisme des participants de ces émissions.
- DirectorPascal RobitailleStarsDhanaé Audet-BeaulieuPierre-Luc BlaisSylvie BouchardWilliam is constantly shooting video journals of his life to have as souvenirs for himself. Feeling the end of his relationship with Médéric, his young lover, William spends two days camping with him, taking advantage of the situation by filming the trip and their time spent with another young gay couple. The camera never stops shooting, even when Médéric decides to get it on with another guy in a tent. As Canada's first Dogme95 film, the story is shot on location, with natural lighting and live sound, the camera is hand-held and all superficial elements are forbidden. Yet somehow, in spite of these harsh restrictions during the filmmaking process, the result is warm and beautiful.
- DirectorPatrick HuardStarsClaude LegaultGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergePaul DoucetTwo brothers (Legault, Lemay-Thivierge) discuss the positive and negative aspects of adultery as their mother lies beside them in a coma, while their brother Rémi (Doucet) attempts to discourage them. Their conversations become more explicit as time passes.
- DirectorMichel CôtéRobert MénardStarsMichel CôtéVéronique Le FlaguaisMarie-France DuquetteThey're back! Fifteen years later, the heroes from Cruising Bar may hardly have changed but the world around them most certainly has! For the Bull, reality is brutal. His wife of 30 years, sick of his infidelity, decides to show him the door. But the Bull, who has a positive outlook on life, isn't so easily defeated and fights for his survival. The Lion too faces a break-up when his girlfriend leaves. All alone, he's force to relearn the art of seduction. The Peacock, on the other hand, is trying to figure out his sexual identity with the help of a psychologist. As for the Earthworm, his long wait for a soul mate will, at last, be requited.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanAn intimate and unflinching look over 12 months at the hardscrabble lives of hustlers in downtown Montreal.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois ArnaudA semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
- DirectorMariloup WolfeStarsGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergeÉric BruneauLaurence LeboeufA look in the lives of three friends, Charles, Manu and Raphaël, living and working in a skydiving center. In their own way, they will struggle to deal with issues that life puts in their paths.
- DirectorDany PapineauStarsMirianne BrûléDany PapineauJessica MalkaMarie Deschamps, a 20 year old French-Canadian girl, quits college to go travel and learn English in Western Canada. Her journey will bring her up to Whistler, British Columbia, where she will meet other young people a little lost, just like her. Somewhere out West, these people and this adventure will change her life forever.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsXavier DolanMonia ChokriNiels SchneiderThe story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
- DirectorDaniel RobyStarsPatrick HuardJustin ChatwinPaul Doucet1976. Montreal. Eight people who wanted to see and be seen at the trendiest disco will be juggling fame and anonymity until they will be forced to make sober choices in an era when excess was the norm, and when disco was king.
- DirectorGuy ÉdoinStarsPascale BussièresGabriel MailléLuc PicardOn a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsMelvil PoupaudEmmanuel SchwartzSuzanne ClémentA drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.
- StarsÈve LandryGuylaine TremblayFrançois PapineauFollows a French Canadian woman going to jail for 7 years for pushing her father down the stairs. As the story unfolds we get to see how this all came about and the reasons behind it. The story follows the woman in jail as well as her family on the outside.
- StarsMathieu BlanchardSebastien BeaulacMélanie PilonThe explosive lives, loves and losses of an intermingled group of Montréalers are explored as they confront the subject of difference. Managing a modern relationship can be a mess. Single? Attached? Married? Divorced? Open? Closed? The most common answer is 'It's complicated.' Get ready to come out with these characters as they negotiate acceptance, prejudice and just how much they're willing to risk in the pursuit of love and happiness. Mat (Mathieu Blanchard) is a gay fashion photographer with nothing out of his reach until his ex, Ian (Marc-André Poliquin) resurfaces. Meanwhile, Hugo (Patrick Martin) pursues a secret relationship with Olivier (Sébastien Beaulac), a married father who keeps the closet door firmly shut. And finally, Téo (Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu), is a young man who turns to drugs and prostitution after a messy coming out to his parents. Unaware of how close to home his struggles may come, Caroline (Mélanie Pilon) tries to help Téo get his life back together.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsPier-Gabriel LajoieWalter BordenKatie BolandA young man begins exploring his attraction to much much older men while working in a nursing home.
- DirectorDenis CôtéStarsPierrette RobitailleRomane BohringerMarc-André GrondinTwo lesbian ex-cons, Victoria and Florence, are trying to make a new life in the backwoods of Quebec. Seeking peace and quiet, the couple slowly begin to feel under siege as Vic's probation office keeps unexpectedly popping up and a strange woman in the neighborhood soon turns out to be an increasingly menacing shadow from Flo's past.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsXavier DolanPierre-Yves CardinalLise RoyA grieving man meets his lover's family, who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanStarsAlexandre LandryJean-Simon LeducSimon LefebvreAlex is a young addict who sells his body in Montreal (Canada). He's flanked by Bruno, Simon, Jeanne, Eric and Velma, all of them caught in the same spiral of compulsion. Hostage to society's market logic, they are the fallen angels of a dark and violent time.
- DirectorCharles BinaméStarsBruce GreenwoodXavier DolanCarrie-Anne MossA psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
- CreatorChloé RobichaudFlorence GagnonStarsEve DuranceauKimberly LaferriereAlexa-Jeanne DubéFollows the lives of women living in Montreal.
- DirectorMaxime DesmonsStarsMaxime DesmonsRoberta MaxwellJean-Michel Le GalWHAT WE HAVE is is the tale of Maurice, a prisoner of his past who is unable to connect with the people in his new Northern Canadian small town, a community that is only too ready to welcome this European misfit into their arms.
- DirectorGuy ÉdoinStarsMonica BellucciPascale BussièresLarissa CorriveauAn actress mother and her estranged gay son's lives intersect with those of two medical professionals after an unexpected tragedy, forcing secrets to be revealed and personal demons to be dealt with.
- DirectorYan EnglandStarsAntoine Olivier PilonSophie NélisseLou-Pascal TremblayTim, a shy 16 years old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return.
- DirectorMathieu DenisSimon LavoieStarsCharlotte AubinLaurent BélangerEmmanuelle Lussier MartinezA group of young people in Québec resolve to form a revolutionary cell together in the aftermath of student protests.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsGaspard UllielMarion CotillardLéa SeydouxLouis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
- DirectorJean-François PouliotStarsPaul DoucetGuillaume Lemay-ThiviergePatrice RobitailleRémi is dealing with both the fallout of cheating on his wife Dominique with another woman on a business trip
- DirectorEisha MarjaraStarsDebargo SanyalJamie MayersPierre-Yves CardinalA dramatic comedy about a transitioning woman who discovers that she's the mother of a 14 year old boy.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsNoée AbitaThéodore PellerinPier-Luc FunkThree teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
- DirectorTristan DuboisStarsLévi DoréJonathan St-ArmandLili-Ann De FrancescoIt's the story of a teen and his struggles in the last year of high school.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsAlexane JamiesonLéanne DésiletsRobin AubertJuliette is in her second year of high school and she has to handle the mockeries of other students. Complexed by her overweight, the young girl enters teenage years full of twists and turns.
- DirectorAdib AlkhalideyStarsAdib AlkhalideyMehdi BousaidanIani BédardWalid works in a grocery store thanks to an integration program. After a difficult day, he tries to end his life. He is saved by Antonin, an extroverted employee.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsGabriel D'Almeida FreitasXavier DolanPier-Luc FunkHidden feelings come to light and threaten the bond of a group of friends in their late 20s.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanStarsSébastien RicardYury PaulauVictor FomineMontreal is snowed under. While the downtown cranes dance their hypnotic ballet, two strangers meet randomly in an unfinished apartment. Their chance encounter leads to a violent attraction and a dependency beyond reason.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsFélix-Antoine DuvalTania KontoyanniAlexandra PetrachukWhen a young man who thought his mother was dead discovers that she may still be alive, he goes on a quest to find her. His journey takes him to a remote cabin in the woods where his mother lives in exile with a mysterious young woman.
- DirectorNoël MitraniStarsVeronika Leclerc StricklandMélanie ElliottVitali MakarovA brilliant professor of Russian origin, sickly jealous, is convinced that his wife is cheating on him. He hires a female private detective to follow her. Soon after, the detective develops a strong attraction to her target.
- StarsJulie LeBretonPatrick HivonÉric BruneauIn October of 1991, an unspeakable event rocks a small town in Quebec, haunting a family who tries to hide their dark secret. Thirty years later these secrets resurface, sending the family on an unstoppable pursuit of reconciliation.
- DirectorSophie DupuisStarsThéodore PellerinFélix MaritaudAnne-Marie CadieuxFollows Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Oliver and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15-year absence.