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 !

A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE

110 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

An intimate portrayal of the closed-off Russian city of Norilsk through the eyes of its youth, mine workers and truth seekers.

LOST PARADISE LOST

25 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

Disappointed by their daily routine, Julie and Victor join a group of mysterious strangers on a walk to nowhere, as they await the role of a lifetime.

A SUMMER LOVE

63 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

A portrait of lovers at night, in the summer of the Mont-Royal park in Montreal.

LETTERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER – SPIRA

20 min 50, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Montreal author Marie-Célie Agnant collects stories, dreams and demands from Parc-Extension neighbours, in order to write a letter to their deputy, Justin Trudeau, now the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.

THE UNDAUNTED

79 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Within the confines of a housing project in one of Montreal’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, Monique, Ginette, Yimga, Élisabeth, José, René (and many others) are waging a battle in which every gesture counts. Together, through daily efforts, residents and social workers pit social vitality and citizen engagement against the dangers of a fragile, hand-to-mouth existence. Structured like a fresco inside the housing project, far from the clichés and preconceptions about so-called tough neighbourhoods, The Undaunted is a journey into the heart of a unique community.

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR

120 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1

A hard-hitting work that, to paraphrase Jean Genet, gives a voice to the unexpressed.