Xavier Doutre

In the city, atop a mountain, and out in space, amateur radio operators wander through the airwaves in search of human connections.

Set in a poor Québec neighbourhood during the 1930s, a young woman begins the dire labour of birthing.

A century after a village and its paper mill were abandoned, a group of actors is tasked with recreating the fantasized daily life of its inhabitants.

On this January morning, Agnès and her brother are hanging out in the living room. This quiet day will take a wrong turn when Agnès' father, shaken by his recent divorce from her mother, decides to pay her an impromptu visit.

In 1963, the Faubourg district in M'lasse was destroyed for the construction of the Radio-Canada tower. A photographer was then hired to immortalize the neighborhood. Halfway between documentary and fiction, Au pied du mur takes up this premise and updates it. The film follows a city employee entering the privacy of the people of a Montreal neighborhood in order to capture one last time what will soon have to be destroyed.

In 1940s’ rural Quebec, Marguerite assists her sister Aimée who’s been in painful labour for hours. Alerted by the midwife that a caesarean is necessary, their father leaves to seek the village doctor.

As Carolanne prepares to spend an evening with her friends, her ex-boyfriend pays her a visit, bringing her old clothes as an excuse. An argument will follow where a heavy past will surface.