Au Chic Resto Pop

In an extraordinary soup kitchen in Milan, two vastly different worlds have been brought together by a unique social experiment. Theater of Life captures the remarkable relationship forged between the finest haute cuisine chefs in the world and the city's most disadvantaged groups: refugees, recovering drug addicts, former sex workers, and a host of others with no place else to go. For Expo Milano 2015, renowned chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana was named world's best restaurant in 2016, invited 60 of his international confrères to join him in transforming food destined for the dumpster into delicious and nutritious meals for Italy's hungriest residents. But the documentary delves far deeper than this important food story: it captures the moving encounters of guests at the soup kitchen who have found a welcoming community there, showing us glimpses of their heart and soul in the process. A visual feast in itself, Theater of Life puts a human face on its powerful message of social justice while raising awareness about the enormous environmental impact of food waste.

Le quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, à Montréal, est totalement inconnu des touristes, tout comme l'est son Chic Resto Pop. Il s'agit pourtant d'un restaurant unique au monde : à une population pour qui la faim n'a rien d'exotique, il réussit à offrir à bon compte les surplus que lui donnent les marchands. Issus du quartier, guettés par toutes les dérives, les jeunes qui y travaillent connaissent là un moment capital de leur existence. Ce sont les vedettes de ce film où ils se dévoilent en rires et en chansons. Sur une musique de rock, de blues, de western ou de simple ballade, ils disent leur vérité, accompagnés de Cassonade (Steve Faulkner), le musicien qui les a aidés à la mettre en forme.

AIDS is giving rise to profound soul-searching and debate. While those living with HIV and AIDS do their utmost to maintain their quality of life, health care professionals struggle to provide medical and support services, researchers and clinicians pool their knowledge, and philosophers and humanists open up new avenues of thought. Doctors with Heart enters the doors of an AIDS clinic in Montreal, providing a thoughtful look at all aspects of AIDS through the eyes of some particularly compassionate and dedicated doctors. Candid and original in its approach, this powerful documentary explores the legal and ethical problems facing contemporary medicine as it confronts one of its biggest challenges. In French with English subtitles.