Eviction (2023)

Original title

Éviction

Directed by

Mathilde Capone

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of LGBTQ tenants in Montreal dealing with the emotional and practical fallout of being evicted from their longtime apartment building. It shows how they navigate the loss of their home and community after a wealthy family buys the property for renovations.

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What happens

Eviction (French: Éviction) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mathilde Capone and released in 2023. The film profiles a group of LGBTQ people who have lived in a small apartment building on rue Parthenais in downtown Montreal since 2010, as they cope with the aftermath of being evicted from the building after it is sold to a wealthy family who want to renovate it. The film premiered at the 2023 Montreal International Documentary Festival, before going into commercial release in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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