Rock Demers
Production · 1933 – 2021 · Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Canada
Rock Demers (December 11, 1933 – August 17, 2021) was a Canadian film producer. He was the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and produced the Tales for All film series for children.
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Movie5.6AdventureFamilyJo, a talented young art student from Quebec, attracts the attention of a mysterious European art dealer who buys her drawings. When she later learns that the works are being sold as newly discovered drawings by Vincent van Gogh, she sets out to uncover the truth—traveling first to Amsterdam and ultimately to 19th-century Arles to confront the painter himself.
Vincent and Me
1990 · 7 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryA look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing his sources of inspiration and his revolutionary filming techniques.
Movie6.8DramaFamilyA young boy still recovering from his mother's recent death teams with his two best friends to turn a regular pooch into a stunt-performing super-dog in this affectionate comedy for the whole family. Losing a parent is never easy, but for 11 year old Daniel it's been especially hard; when his father dives into work in an attempt to keep his grief at bay, Daniel starts causing mischief around the neighborhood with his best friends William and Colin. When the kids catch wind of a canine.
Daniel and the Superdogs
2004 · 5 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDramaTwo girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
Movie6.1ComedyDramaAfter her grandmother enters a nursing home, a spirited young orphan girl moves in with her rigid, Bach-obsessed uncle. Accompanied by her pet skunk, Broccoli, her energetic presence disrupts his strictly ordered routine, slowly softening his cold exterior and showing him the true meaning of family.
Movie7.0DocumentaryFamilyA nostalgic deep dive into the world of Rock Demers’ popular children’s film series.
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
2023 · 1 votes
Movie5.0DramaComedy
Movie6.2DramaA young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Maria Chapdelaine
1983 · 10 votes
Movie6.4AdventureComedyJust like every other summer, the children of two camp-sites play "war". But, this summer it takes an interesting turn.
Movie5.5ComedyFamilyThree children, Benoît, Charles and Marie, provide housekeeping services to creatively spend their time during the summer school vacations while making extra pocket money. Their small business becomes very successful in the neighborhood, but goes terribly wrong when jealousy, sabotage, fraud, and a failed love story begin.
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After being one of the most successful filmmakers in Europe in the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) lives in a small apartment in New York. For Jasny, life and cinema are inseparable concepts. By visiting friends who still live in Life and Film Jasny first person will have their own history and some decisive events in his life: the Nazi invasion and subsequent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, exile and his arrival in New York years later.
Life and Film (The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny)
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
2009
MovieDocumentary'The Peanut Butter Solution' has stayed dormant in the collective minds of a generation, not because it was beloved, but because the film left a nightmarish scar on the minds of most of the children who experienced it. This documentary explores the origins, creation, and infamous legacy of the 1985 Canadian family film.