Gilles Carle: Coffret Collection Hommage [DVD Box Set]

Find five of Gilles Carle's most beautiful artistic productions, completely remastered, in the Gilles Carle: Coffret Collection Hommage DVD Box Set!

Gilles Carle is without a doubt one of the most outstanding filmmakers in Quebec. Bold and pioneering, he has created works that, in addition to achieving international renown, have deeply marked the collective imagination of Quebecers.

Although he affirms that it is observation, rather than contestation, which translates the essence of his creations, the fact remains that his films have, on several occasions, shaken convictions and transgressed taboos.

The Happy Life of Léopold Z (La vie heureuse de Léopold Z)

This feature film by Gilles Carle is a classic of French-Canadian cinema. During the year's worst storm, a humble snow-plow operator is forced to perform miracles, from clearing the streets to making his wife happy. Not to mention the multitude of errands in between.

But Léopold is a happy-go-lucky kind of guy, and things usually tend to go his way. Will his good fortune continue on this snowy Christmas Eve in Montreal?

The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette)

Bernadette has a yen to chuck it all and go back to nature, in this French-language Canadian film. That’s just what she does after carefully leaving her wedding ring where her affluent husband, a lawyer, can see it.

She has bought a farm, complete with a run-down farmhouse and a live-in cranky old man. Soon, because of the wonderful effects that her sympathy and her outsider’s perspective have, her neighbors perceive great improvements in their lives.

They attribute these changes to something miraculous (perhaps taking a cue from her name), and hordes of needy people descend on her farm...

The Heavenly Bodies (Les corps célestes)

The Heavenly Bodies (French: Les Corps célestes) is a Canadian-French comedy film, directed by Gilles Carle and released in 1973.[1] The film stars Donald Pilon as Desmond, a pimp in Quebec in 1938 who moves to a rural mining town with a group of prostitutes to open a brothel in a decrepit old hotel, amid the early warning signs about the approaching outbreak of World War II.

The cast also includes Micheline Lanctôt, Carole Laure, Jacques Dufilho and Yvon Barrette!

The Death of a Lumberjack (La mort d'un bûcheron)

A young girl, a modern replica of Maria Chapdelaine, the heroine of the world-famous novel by Louis Hemon, comes to Montreal in search of her father.

There, she falls into the hands a very unscrupulous bar owner...

The Head of Normande St-Onge (La tête de Normande St-Onge)

Normande St-Onge works as a clerk in a pharmacy and takes dance classes with the dream of being a cabaret dancer. Her mother, Berthe, has been confined to a mental institution by Normande’s uncle, the wealthy lawyer Jean-Paul. But Normande, who does not believe her mother is insane, kidnaps her from the institution and brings her home.

Also living with them is Normande’s sister Pierette, who has asthma and a drug addiction, Normande’s boyfriend Bouliane, who is unemployed and in no hurry to find a job, and a strange young magician named Carol she took in after he was kicked out of his home.

All of these people depend on Normande in various ways and exploit her; Normande, desperate to be loved, is driven mad by the demands of her parasite family.

When she receives an eviction notice stating that the building will be demolished and rebuilt into a restaurant, it all becomes too much for Normande and her mind retreats into fantasy to protect her from the harsh realities!