Society
Les Films du 3 Mars (F3M) invites you to discover thematic cinema about Society. From fiction to documentaries, long and short, enjoy the best of Québécois and Canadian filmmaking !
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR
120 min, Fiction, Québec, Canada, 2014
A hard-hitting work that, to paraphrase Jean Genet, gives a voice to the unexpressed.
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THE RED APPLE
20 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014
In this short movie, two children improvise and stage their actual lives.
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FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS
85 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2014
Every month in Quebec, hundreds of detainees gain their freedom after serving their sentences. What happens to these detainees once released? And what freedom do they find on the other side of the bars?
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WAITING FOR SPRING
80 min., documentary, Québec, Canada, 2013
Documentary feature that tells a winter in the life of Berny and his neighbors, former miners from Nord-du-Québec who decided to stay in the region despite the closure of the mines and the departure of their relatives.
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TAXI FOR TWO
12 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2012
Taxi for Two poetically and visualy explores the universe of two eccentric Montreal taxi drivers.
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SANCTUARY
19 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2012
A priest whose church is to be closed and put up for sale: the family of illegal immigrants he is sheltering will lose their home, while he is losing his very purpose. A reflection on architecture, altruism and morality in a modern, secular society.
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MY REAL LIFE
90 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2012
For Danny, Alex, Mickerson and Michael, music is an outlet, a form of expression, and a necessity of life. My real life is a portrait of four people in transition and a microcosm of a misunderstood Montreal neighbourhood. It is a social documentary that takes an honest look at dropouts, delinquency, rites of passage and what it means to be a parent.
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CRÉPUSCULE
20 min, Animation, Quebec, Canada, 2011
Crépuscule is a stop-motion animated short film inspired by japanese butoh theatre, with a poetic and gory imagery.
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SNOW HIDES THE SHADE OF FIG TREES
21 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2009
Framed in poetic realism, Snow hides the shade of fig trees tells the story of a handful of immigrants experiencing the first snowfall of the season.
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MY MUSLIM SISTERS
68 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2009
An intimate depiction of two Quebecers muslim women, this documentary delves into the reality of veiled women in contemporary Quebec.
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ALICE AU PAYS DES GROS NEZ – SPIRA
52 min., Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2003
"Alice is my daughter, who comes from China. The big noses, it's us: the expression many Asian prople use to decribe people from the West."
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LA SARRASINE
105 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 1992
À Montréal, en 1904, Giuseppe et Ninetta tiennent une pension de famille où ils accueillent leurs compatriotes siciliens. Un jour, Giuseppe se porte à la défense de l'un de ses pensionnaires et tue accidentellement Théo, le gendre de son meilleur ami canadien français. Ce drame exacerbe les tensions entre ethnies et transforme la destinée de plusieurs.
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DANNY IN THE SKY
88 min., Fiction, Québec, Canada, 2001
Danny wants to become part of a society that values luxury, glamour and appearances above all, by becoming a model.
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SPIRA COLLECTION
A collaboration between Spira and Les Films du 3 Mars. Five documentaries are now available on our digital platform, individually or as a bundle, as a rental or as a subscriber's feature!
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