Philippe Falardeau — Director (8)

Movie

The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000)
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other title: La Moitié gauche du frigo / 麻甩騷 …
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality control, he does not get unemployment benefits, and goes to classes on how to contest the decision.

Movie

The Good Lie (2014)
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★ 8.0 5 ratings
菲利普·法拉多 actor: 瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 / 阿诺德·奥康 …
other title: 美丽谎言 / 善意的谎言 …
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

Movie

Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Monsieur Lazhar
★ 7.5 16 ratings
菲利普·法拉多 actor: 穆罕默德·费拉格 / Sophie Nélisse …
other title: 拉扎老师 / 再见了,拉札老师(台) …
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.