#quebecoise

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denis villeneuve and jacob tierney: two of the biggest french-canadian directors today

one made the greatest, most anticipated book-to-movie adaptation of the twenty-first century; the other made dune

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Having some real fun being taught how to swear in Quebecois by my Quebecois friend so I can write this very angry, overworked Quebecois chief engineer

[rickchung]

Montreal, My Beautiful (Montréal, ma belle, dir. Xiaodan He) x WIFF 2026.

Screen legend Joan Chen stars as a Chinese immigrant mother living in the titular French-Canadian metropolitan city who engages in a steamy same-sex affair later in life with a vibrant, young Québécoise woman (Charlotte Aubin). This puts her traditional family situation in turmoil while she enjoys her newfound menopausal sexual freedom. She struggles to juggle her marital and parental responsibilities with the carefree romantic yearning of new love. Director He builds a complex portrait of womanhood that balances strong Eastern culture with familiar Western ideals fluidly.

Winner of the Best Canadian Film prize at the 2026 Windsor International Film Festival.

Screening at the VIFF Centre from Feb. 13-22 (and Mar. 8-18).

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Can I just say that French Canadian names in the 1800s were an absolute treat? (I mean yeah, plenty are still in use there and elsewhere, but that's just the context I read them in lol)

I hope you can find inspiration for your characters or interest in this quick list!

feminine -

Adèle

Agness

Alphine

Alphonsine

Arminie

Arthemise

Audriena

Aurephise

Aurilla

Axelida

Basteline

Cele

Celesta

Clina

Corinne

Delphine

Eudoxia

Exilda

Exildia

Hedwidge

Henri

Leónie

Leopoldine

Mélena

Nelida

Ophie

Ozabelle

Permelia

Philamen

Philena

Séraphie

Zedia

Zelire

masculine -

Adalore

Amédée

Armand

Chassal

Clemeth

Cleophes

Damase

Dieudonné

Dolph

Dolphis

Evangelist

Gust

Harve

Honoré

Isidore

Lucien

Médéric

Morties

Napoleón

Octave

Onésime

Ovila

Sunier

Thélesphore

Theophile

Treffle

Uldéric

Venance

Vivien

Yvard

Zépherin

[photospawl]

Vanessa LV - Summer Forms 1 - Cap-Saint-Jacques 2014

modelmayhem / vanessalvmontreal

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Katerine Malette by spawlphoto

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