Québec: Le Québec en images: cinéma québécois / Québec's Cinema and Society

The link between film and society has perhaps never been stronger than in Québec, and this course covers the history of cinema in the province for the past fifty years, considering content as well as form. After being socially engaged in the 1950's, Québec's cinema turned to pure fiction (borrowing heavily from literature), and to urban rather than rural settings, reaching its maturity in the 80's with internationally acclaimed productions under the leadership of Denys Arcand, whose Invasions barabares won the Oscar for best foreign film in 2003. The current generation of actors, writers, and directors, many of them recent immigrants bringing new cultures and perspectives, promises to uphold and enrich this tradition of original filmmaking.