I’m not sure if it’s to do with Canada’s ever-shifting and loosely defined national identity, but I’ve never seen Canadian cinema as reflecting the nature of the country in the same way European or Asian films do, and this is a shame but the exception is Quebec, a self governing French speaking state within Canada that has a handful of exceptional films to its credit, including the excellent Oscar winner ‘the Barbarian Invasions’ that are in the vein of French domestic drama and social realist styles, Monsieur Lazhar looks to be in this fine tradition, I look forward to seeing it.

5:18 am  •  27 April 2012  •  3 notes