Josée Rivard

The Duplessis Orphans

In the 1950s, young boys were placed in orphanages and endure harsh and austere living conditions. As a united group, they supported each other and survived despite bullying, hardship and little hope for better days. While these children were doing their best to survive, they had no way to suspect the secret dealings between the clergy, the medical profession and the government that will inevitably seal their fates. The institution faced with a precarious financial situation, the solution is to transform the orphanage into a psychiatric institute in order to obtain additional subsidies. To demonstrate the need for this change in status, the orphans are labeled as insane by the very people who took them in to help them. While their future as orphans was already precarious, they become prisoners of an asylum system from which they have little hope of being able to free themselves even as they grow older.

L'Émotion dissonante

Mixing Cinema Vérité, animation, narrative fiction and stage theater, a look at drug use by the Montreal youth in the 80s, through various characters interacting in their own ways with drugs.

Comment devenir un trou de cul et enfin plaire aux femmes

In the shock of a separation, Louis decides to question his relations with his exe, Isabelle, and with the other women of his life. The worst thing is that they all want to stay her friends. His friends and colleagues tell him he's too nice, he's not normal. Robert, a musician friend, suggests that he undertake a small exercise program: "How to become an asshole and finally please women". In parallel, Louis tries to advance his musical projects.

Ordinary pervert