Jacques Godbout Movies
- 2000
Traitor or Patriot
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This feature documentary is a portrait of Adélard Godbout, the largely forgotten man who was Premier of Quebec from 1939 to 1944. During his...
- 1966
YUL 871
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An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents displaced by World War II, and partly because of the...
- 1962
September Five at Saint-Henri
September Five at Saint-Henri01962HD
This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to...
- 1967
Urbanissimo
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A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours...
- 1972
IXE-13
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A first-rate French-Canadian spy must tangle with a female Chinese spy who is in love with him.
- 1968
Kid Sentiment
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Between fiction and documentary, Jacques Godbout's feature film takes a critical look at the Quebecois youth of the 1960s. Kid Sentiment, it is the...
- 1994
L'affaire Norman William
L'affaire Norman William01994HD
- 1974
Les « troubbes » de Johnny
Les « troubbes » de Johnny01974HD
A pleasant fantasy about the setbacks experienced by a young man who loves costumes. His wife having left him, he goes after her to live some rather...
- 1979
Two Episodes from the Life of Hubert Aquin
Two Episodes from the Life of Hubert Aquin01979HD
Documentary on the life of Hubert Aquin. Alive, he was a dazzling and extraordinary character. Dead, he is already legendary. From his legend,...
- 1962
Strangers for the Day
Strangers for the Day01962HD
This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow...
- 1975
The Mob
The Mob6.71975HD
Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle. Given the opportunity to earn $50,000...
- 1997
The Fate of America
The Fate of America01997HD
Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Whose...
- 1964
Fabienne sans son Jules
Fabienne sans son Jules01964HD
She is a nightclub entertainer, in her way a highly successful exponent of her art, but there are moments when the admiration of her Montréal...
- 1988
Alias Will James
Alias Will James01988HD
This feature-length documentary tells the incredible story of Ernest Dufault, a.k.a. Will James, a French-Canadian man who became one of the most...
- 1992
The Black Sheep
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From coast to coast, from St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver, British Columbia, Jacques Godbout films a documentary chronicle of the political...
- 2000
Anne Hébert, 1916-2000
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Jacques Godbout takes us into the world of Anne Hébert, a woman he considered his spiritual sister and who had only one raison...
- 1987
Last Resort
Last Resort01987HD
This feature length documentary by Jacques Godbout tackles a topic all too rarely explored in the media: terrorism in Canadian society. From Montreal...
- 1978
Derrière l'image
Derrière l'image01978HD
This feature-length documentary analyzes television newscasts and, as a result, takes a look at the news industry as a whole. By tackling five major...
- 1963
Rose et Landry
Rose et Landry01963HD
A young African couple discusses the influence of the West on their traditions. They discuss at length love, polygamy, bourgeois marriage, the...
- 2003
Les héritiers du mouton noir
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