Cardboard City (French: Ville Jacques-Carton) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by André Forcier and Jean-Marc E. Roy, and released in 2025.[1] The film stars poet Jean-Marc Desgent as a fictionalized version of himself, who refuses to sell his run-down home in Longueuil, Quebec, to a real estate developer (Pierre Curzi) who wants to demolish the entire block to build a new, generic modern suburban housing development, with Desgent subsequently exploring the real history of Longueuil's 1969 annexation of Ville Jacques-Cartier.[2]
| Cardboard City | |
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| French | Ville Jacques-Carton |
| Directed by | André Forcier Jean-Marc E. Roy |
| Written by | André Forcier Jean-Marc E. Roy |
| Produced by | André Forcier Jean-Marc E. Roy Jeanne-Marie Poulain |
| Starring | Jean-Marc Desgent Pierre Curzi |
| Cinematography | François Messier-Rheault |
| Edited by | Justine Gauthier |
| Music by | François Pinet-Forcier Jo Millette |
| Distributed by | Spira |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The cast also includes Gaston Lepage, Charlotte Aubin, Sandrine Bisson, France Castel, Michèle Deslauriers and Mario Petrone as historic residents of the community in dramatic reenactments of the events.[3]
The film premiered on July 19, 2025, at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival,[4] before opening commercially on September 5.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Alexandre Vigneault, "Comme un poème documentaire". La Presse, September 5, 2025.
- ↑ Jean-François Nadeau, "«Ville Jacques-Carton» : la vie oubliée de Ville Jacques-Cartier". Le Devoir, September 5, 2025.
- ↑ Maxime Demers, "Critique du film «Ville Jacques-Carton»: un documentaire singulier sur l’histoire du «bidonville de Montréal»". Le Journal de Québec, September 5, 2025.
- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(Fantasia) Première de Ville Jacques-Carton". Films du Québec, June 12, 2025.
- ↑ Charles Rioux, "Ville Jacques-Carton, pour l’amour du patrimoine ouvrier du « bidonville de Montréal »". Ici Radio-Canada, September 5, 2025.
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