85th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee War Witch (Rebelle)
2012
Canada
Color
Directed by Kim Nguyen
Plot: Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
84th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee Monsieur Lazhar
2011
Canada
Color
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Plot: At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
59th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
1986
Canada
Color
Directed by Denys Arcand
Plot: Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. The discussion? Well, you can guess it... However, a ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own. (Written by Mattias Thuresson)
79th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee Water (वाटर)
2006
Canada
Color
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Plot: The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
