Jefferson Lewis

A film based on the novel by Matt Cohen, about the emotional consequences for three Holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later.

When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort. (imdb)

Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960s when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterward, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son... (jhailey@hotmail.com)

Immigration officers raid the kitchen of a Montreal restaurant. Illegal immigrant dishwashers flee, including Pablo Torres... Claire, a teacher, lives alone. Her lover, Milosh, is married, and their relationship is strained. Claire's sister, Annie, a lawyer, has a problem. The visa of her client Pablo is about to expire. Pablo is a political refugee who was tortured in his Latin American homeland. Would Claire marry him so he can remain in Canada?