Gilles Carle

A student and a woodcutter living in the wood since a year and a half, lacking a woman, kidnapped a nurse working in the near village. Well, she didn't dislike it. In the mean time, the whole village is involved in a man hunt or is it a 'dear' hunt! (imdb)

A woman, imbued of naturalistic and libertarian theories leave off her city home to live in the country side with her young son. There she met a contestary farmer who fight against the banks and the government, fight in which she will be in some way involve. Meanwhile, practising her theories, she makes some old men very happy and, by circumstances, even passed as a saint! (imdb)

A young woman is shot to death in the countryside. A worldly angel finds her and nurses her back to life. She has completely lost her memory and is therefore taught about the world by the angel. The two soon become lovers, but the woman desires to go to the city and learn about her past, which the angel forbids her from doing.

In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest. (imdb)

This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. (allmovie.com)

A worker, called in a hurry to remove the snow in the city street, try to buy his remaining gifts in the tumult of Christmas eve without quitting his work. (imdb)

The demands of her family and the stress of daily life drive the mind of a woman into permanent fantasy as a way to cope. (imdb)

The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II. (imdb)

Shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. In gymnasium and pool, under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practise long hours to build strength and stamina. (imdb)

Scenes from the 46th annual Vancouver Swimming Championships in 1962, featuring members of Canada's national team. Excerpted from Carle's NATATION / OLYMPIC SWIMMERS from the previous year.

A series of very brief clips celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada. (imdb)