Bon fête nationale du Québec: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrated June 24 in Quebec as well as other Francophone parts of Canada and the United States.
The day is also about the beginning of summer.
We often have a French-language Canadian film for reflection around this time. The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has prevented that gathering and other celebrations.
French-language Canadian films are essentially Quebecois films since you rarely see a French-language film from other Francophone communities in Canada.
We haven't reviewed too many French-language Canadian films lately simply because we haven't run across too many of them. We did review The Decline from Netflix but didn't consider that worth watching. The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches | La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes is not a casual film. Maybe you can explain to me.
2019 WIFF Canadian films in review: French
Canadian film review: Antigone
There are plenty of marvelous titles that we saw in the 2019 Windsor International Film Festival. Some (but not all) of the great titles include And The Birds Rained Down, Kuessipan, Slut in a Good Way, and Matthias et Maxime.
Antigone won several major awards at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards.
Here are some other recent reviews of French-language Canadian films.
Canadian film review: French Immersion
Canadian film review: Le chat dans le sac avec John Coltrane
Canadian film review: Far Side of the Moon
Canadian film review: Fall of the American Empire
Canadian film review: The Fireflies Are Gone
Canadian film review: Maelstrom
Canadian film review: Nelly
Canadian film review: Les Boys
We have a running list of French-Canadian films that we would love to see. A couple of titles in particular are August 32nd on Earth from Denis Villeneuve and Emporte-Moi from Lea Pool. The issue has mostly been finding copies with English subtitles. Je ne comprend pas Francaise bien.
CanadianCrossing.com film coverage
If you know of French-Canadian film titles that you would love to see us review, let us know s'il vous plaît. Merci.
photo credit: Antigone film
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