Movies by Maxime Dumontier

Drunken Birds

Drunken Birds

Willy's quest to find Marlena, his lost love, takes him from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte farm, near Montreal. Several destinies intersect, worlds collide, tensions rise and moments of magical realism emerge during long work days.

What Are We Doing Here?

What Are We Doing Here?

Long-time friends Yan, Simon, Roxanne, Maxime and his sister Lily are in their early 20s, the age when anything is possible. They are just embarking on their careers. Then one fine summer day, Yan is involved in a fatal car accident. The young man is killed instantly and the rest of the gang is thrown into turmoil.

Genesis

Genesis

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.

A Parallel Hereafter

A Parallel Hereafter

Léandre is a Montreal computer scientist in charge of the protection of the Minister of Public Safety. After selling secret information to the Mafia, he realizes he’s been directly implicated in an attack on the politician. If things weren't bad enough, Léandre ends up in the hospital because of awfully painful kidney stones. He then decides to leave his problems and his girlfriend behind to find refuge with his aunt in his small hometown of Havre-St-Pierre. Hiding from everyone that he’s wanted by the police, Léandre renews his relationship...

Jusqu’à l’holocauste nucléaire

Jusqu’à l’holocauste nucléaire

Archipel

Archipel

Reservoir

Reservoir

For the first time in decades, Simon and Jonathan can agree: their late father would have hated the farce surrounding his funeral. ”We should have spread his ashes over Gouin Reservoir.” The spur-of-the-moment idea quickly becomes a plan. On impulse, they rent a houseboat and set off with the ashes. The two brothers venture out onto the vastness of the reservoir, foolishly hoping to find the cabin where their father taught them to fish when they were young. But the watery expanse is much larger than they remember, and their relationship has ...