Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Montreal Stories (1991)

Montreal Stories poster
Original title
Montréal vu par…
Directed by
Jacques Leduc, Michel Brault, Patricia Rozema, Denys Arcand
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Six filmmakers each contribute a short story set in Montreal. The film is a tribute to the city for its 350th anniversary. Each segment shows different characters and moments in the city.

contemplativeurbanreflectivevaried pacingobservationalsubtlenostalgic

What happens

Montreal Stories (French: Montréal vu par...), also titled Montreal Sextet in some releases, is a Canadian drama film, released in 1991 as a homage to the city of Montreal, Quebec on the occasion of its 350th anniversary. Written and directed by Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, Léa Pool and Patricia Rozema, the film is an anthology of six short films, one by each of the credited directors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?