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| Caroline Dhavernas and Paul Gross star in Passchendaele. Chris Large/ eOne Films |
Dir. Paul Gross | 2008 | 114 min.
(In English with French subtitles)
Synopsis: Set
during the height of the First World War, PASSCHENDAELE tells the story of
Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in
France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the
military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious
and attractive nurse with whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's
younger asthmatic brother David (Joe Dinicol) signs up to fight in Europe,
Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David,
like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a
battle against impossible odds, commonly known as “Passchendaele”. It is a
story of passion, courage and dedication, showing the heroism of those that
fought in battle, and of the ones that loved them.
Saturday, August 22 –
The Passion of Augustine
Dir. Léa Pool | 2015 | 103 min.
(In French with English subtitles)
Synopsis: Simone
Beaulieu, better known as Mother Augustine, runs a convent school for girls in
the 1960s. She has turned the little convent into a musical treasure
where the students have won every prestigious music competition in the
region. When her talented but rebellious niece joins the convent and the
government threatens to shut down the school in favour of public education, her
world is suddenly turned upside down. She and her fellow nuns are forced
to confront the waves of modernity and Mother Augustine herself must search her
soul for a new calling. Can she accept her past in order to move
forward? Or will she perish with tradition?
