DVD Releases for the Week of Apr. 28, 2009

With a dearth of French Québecois releases in the past few weeks some may be happy to know that Claude Menier’s Le Grand départ is available for rent this week. It represents a major cross-section of Québecois (and Western) society: that of the older married man leaving his first family to marry and begin a second family. The film starring Marc Messier has been criticized for treating its main subject lightly, only natural as it is loosely based on the director’s own experience. Québec cinephiles may want to look into this one. Read more »