Jacques Marcotte

Straight to the Heart

Amid the low-rent neighborhoods of Montreal, the true nature of a career criminal is slowly unveiled. BenoÎt is a car thief perpetually running from the police, his family, his ex-lovers, and a 14-year-old hood who badly needs a father figure. But after he falls for the lovely Sylvie while trying to boost her car, can BenoÎt commit to turning his life around?

Léolo

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Kalamazoo

A Montreal man imagines a mermaid in place of the writer whose picture appears on a novel.

A Pacemaker and a Sidecar

In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.

Bar Salon

Tragicomic portrait of a bar's owners and patrons in a poor Montreal neighbourhood.

Night Cap

A seemingly idle guy and an unprincipled girl to whom everything seems to come easily will see their lives sealed in a brutal way.

The Return of the Immaculate Conception

In Montréal's east-end, a group of over-grown kids, disappointed in their lives, spend their time hanging out on street corners, patronizing bars and frequenting seedy apartments and back alleys.