Michel Descombes Movie Trailers

The Last Breath Trailer (1999)

25 March 1999

A Montreal police officer goes to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother.

Alberta Girls Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

This is a short film about the Alberta All Girls Band Spectacular. The Edmonton-based band was invited to open the 1974 World Cup Soccer Championship at the Munich Olympic Stadium.

The Bronswik Affair Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

This funny yet serious short film demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising and the marketing machine.

O.K.... Laliberté Trailer (1973)

01 November 1973

A down-and-out man who got separated, gets his second chance in a boarding house, thanks to a friend who is a con man, and falls in love with a roommate.

A Little Summermusik Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

A film pastorale set in the early summer near Elora, Ontario, where music students practice out-of-doors.

Bittersweet Memories Trailer (2004)

17 December 2004

1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father.

A Little Fellow from Gambo: The Joey Smallwood Story Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

This feature-length documentary paints a lively portrait of Father of Confederation and first premier of Newfoundland Joseph Roberts Smallwood, or "Joey," as he is known to most Canadians.

In Search of the Bowhead Whale Trailer (1974)

01 May 1974

This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent inhabitant of the cold Arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by overfishing.

Puppets Against Aids - Township to Tundra Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

In 1992, an independent South African puppetry group, the African Research and Educational Puppetry Program, were invited by OXFAM (Canada) to bring their highly successful educational program 'Puppets Against Aids' to tour rural and regional Canada for twelve weeks.

Who Are We? Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Canadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists, adaptable to whatever climate or history place in their way.

The Rubber Gun Trailer (1977)

27 April 1977

A communal drug family begins to dissolve from within while a University student watches and records it all.

J'me marie, j'me marie pas Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Feature-length documentary directed by Mireille Danserau in 1973: in-depth interviews with four young women who explain their complex relationships with men, motherhood and their own femininity, sometimes radically detaching themselves from the standardized and traditional conception of the couple.

Moody Beach Trailer (1990)

05 October 1990

A man and a woman, who are both trying to run away from the banalities of life, fall in love.

Love-moi Trailer (1991)

15 February 1991

A stage director learns of his young actors' fears as they are setting up a new play.

The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

This short film, in which a hunter is pursued, bound up and carried to a cave, tells the legend of a river, and of how fog came to the land.

Cold Journey Trailer (1975)

06 May 1975

In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.

St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea Trailer (1982)

13 October 1982

In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St.

That's the Price Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The film follows the consequences for the towns of Natal and Michel, suggesting that industrial growth has its price, especially with regard to the environment.

Cat's Cradle Trailer (1974)

17 July 1974

This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world.

Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… Trailer (1976)

13 January 1976

A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida.

Another Side of the Forest Trailer (1974)

10 May 1974

Developments in the Canadian forestry industry during the 1970s are shown being carried out both as lab experiments and in the field to protect and conserve the country's vast forests.

Les acadiens de la dispersion Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Documentary on the Acadian identity, featuring the music of Edith Butler, filmed in Canada, France, and Louisiana.

Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

The photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson were the first ever to be displayed in the Louvre, Paris. In this film the world-famous photographer turns his lens on the Québec scene, finding there the same fascination with form and movement that gives his work a mark of individuality.

Exeter Trailer (1972)