En Route

In the collective imagination, Western Canada has long been a mythical destination for the people of Quebec. The fascinating thing about this social phenomenon is that it still continues after so many years. But what has become of it? During the summer of 2010, the director followed some young Quebecers to learn more about this initiation trip. From Quebec to B-C, he gave them the floor and ... leaves with this film a trace of important memory on the phenomenon. A sociological portrait of what the majority of young people can experience during their summer trip to the other side of the continent. This documentary "roadmovie" will charm the older ones with the memories it evokes and will give precious information to young people wishing one day to venture on The Western Route.

One summer, in a run-down mansion, friends of Lenny Lipton come to take in the sun, the woods, swimming and some drugs. A wedding is held in the fields. People talk and are happy. Dogs and children play. Nancy, a vegetarian, becomes alarmed when two fish are seen flapping helplessly in the kitchen sink. She rushes them back to the stream where they were caught-but cannot revive them . Lenny Lipton films it all - amidst controversy over whether his filming is getting people uptight and altering the "reality" of what is happening. Fortunately, he continues his journal and gives us a warm record of people enjoying themselves, the land, and the company of others . FAR OUT, STAR ROUTE is one of those rare films which shows that the beauty of life can be felt and shared through the full experience of that which is simplest and most human.

Against the backdrop of a single Autumn day in a small town where nothing ever changes, THE YEARNING ROUTE sees Mark and Adrian struggle with the beginnings of marriage as they embark on a mini road trip to the town's high school football banquet.

With the tank truck of the company British Petroleum (BP), the Bozzetto fuel delivery man crosses mountain roads in winter. Headed to Val d'Isère in Savoie, it faces, night and day, the vagaries of traffic in snowy weather, and penetrates the life of the winter sports resort living to the rhythm of development activities. , sports and tourism: tunnel construction, snow milling machine, cable car, hotel and catering as well as skiing from the peaks to the village (off-piste descent demonstration by Lionel Terray).

Sisters try to track down their long a absent father when the younger sister needs parental consent to get married.

Marc, a truck driver appreciated by all his colleagues, lives with his son Lucas, 14 years old. Widowed, he assumes the parental responsibilities alone. However, he spends most of his time on the road. One day, on his way to Marseille with Lucas, a car runs a stop sign and there is an accident. Lucas gets out of it with a few scratches, but Marc falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he learns from the doctors that his optic nerve has been affected. Little by little, he loses his visual acuity until he becomes blind. Marc accepts the news and begins a different life, surrounded by his family...

For cold and calculated talent agent Anya Eastman, reputation and prestige can do little against a limo driver bent on kidnap and ransom. Getting into his car was not her first mistake in life, but finding herself held hostage, Anya must finally confront her personal demons if she is to survive the night.

The sexy spectacle of a car crash is only the beginning. Twisted metal, flowing blood, andbones protruding from broken flesh serve asa mere backdrop to a deeper look at trauma and the often-anticlimactic aftermath of personal tragedy. It is in the peaceful quiet that follows a crash that the banal becomes beautiful and mundane monumental. As the woman hangs injured and suspended from her seatbelt in the upside down car, she observes beautiful wildlife in the landscape around her and her tragic situation seems at once disconnected from and yet interwoven with the beauty surrounding her.

The final chapter of the trilogy focuses on the mysterious disappearance of Rotten Egg, a camera that reveals the truth in every photo, and a man's quest to become less boring. As the town of Fayetteville struggles to learn the facts, Tork is visited by the CIA. A hidden past is revealed that changes the course of his life forever. This stand alone comedy delivers a romantic and upbeat message about relationships and the truth behind every story.

"One of the nice things about movies was you could keep them at a distance. Movies knew their place. We were dimensional, they were flat, so it was easy to know which was which. But THE SCENIC ROUTE seemingly spills from the screen, threatening demarcation lines everywhere." --EAI

It is only the prospect of having a child that draws the otherwise strictly urban new wife, Suzanne, to a family farm, she really doesn't care for the countryside of for her in laws.

Nino, 19 years old, is a highway wanderer. All year, he waits for only one thing: the summer - to leave, hit the road and sleep outside. One day, at a rest area, he meets Sarah.

Paul, fourteen, neglects his studies to spend all his time on his moped, to the consternation of his parents.

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his father's home - where he is to meet the bride Dad has chosen for him - the young man comes across the charming Simone and falls in love with her at first sight. He elopes her, determined to ignore his progenitor's orders. Little does he know that Simone, the girl of his heart, is none other than the one he was supposed to marry...

The Moroccan adventure of Charles de Foucauld, explorer in Morocco, in 1883-1884. The ex-officer's contact with the wisdom of the Koran, the mores of the natives, the solitude on the edge of the oases made him rediscover his faith and already we guessed in him the future Father de Foucauld.