Direction: Francis Mankiewicz

Direction Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Guy L'Ecuyer · Marcel Sabourin · Pierre Dufresne · Olivier L'Ecuyer

Synopsis A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.

Direction Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Monique Spaziani · Julie Vincent · Paul Hébert · R.H. Thomson

Synopsis A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

Direction Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Monique Spaziani · Gabriel Arcand · Miou-Miou · François Méthé

Synopsis A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn't seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and...

Direction Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Michael Mahonen · Ian Tracey · Jonathan Potts · Diego Chambers

Synopsis After a young Canadian Aboriginal girl is murdered in 1971, it takes 20 years of inaction and prejudice before the police finally find the real killers. Meanwhile the killers have to live with their own guilt and fear of being...

Direction Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Charlotte Laurier · Marie Tifo · Germain Houde · Louise Marleau

Synopsis A mother who had to take care of her simple minded brother is in trouble with her rebellious daughter.

Direction Peter Pearson · Don Haldane · Claude Jutra · Francis Mankiewicz

Cast Heath Lamberts · Mavor Moore · David Gardner · Kenneth Welsh

Synopsis A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially-relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the...