Léa Pool

Léa Pool

Born in Switzerland in 1950, Léa Pool emigrated to Canada in 1975 and taught film-making from 1978 to 1983. Named “Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres de France” in 1994. Lives in Montreal.

  • Title: Léa Pool
  • Popularity: 1.583
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1950-09-08
  • Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
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Léa Pool Movies

  • 2023
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    Léa devant la caméra

    Léa devant la caméra

    1 2023 HD

    Revisiting her film set photos, director Léa Pool reflects on her prolific career. The filmmaker left Switzerland at the age of 25 to settle...

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  • 2004
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    Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

    Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

    5 2004 HD

    This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable...

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  • 2000
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    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    1 2000 HD

    The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as...

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  • 1998
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    Gabrielle Roy

    Gabrielle Roy

    1 1998 HD

    Gabrielle's universe, one of Canada's most important French-language writers.

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  • 1998
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    Gabrielle Roy

    Gabrielle Roy

    1 1998 HD

    Gabrielle's universe, one of Canada's most important French-language writers.

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  • 2004
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    The Blue Butterfly

    The Blue Butterfly

    6.6 2004 HD

    Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on...

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  • 2015
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    The Passion of Augustine

    The Passion of Augustine

    7 2015 HD

    The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.

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  • 1999
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    Set Me Free

    Set Me Free

    6.083 1999 HD

    A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc...

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  • 1992
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    Rispondetemi

    Rispondetemi

    4.2 1992 HD

    As the paramedics pry her hand apart from her dead lover's grip a woman's life flashes before her eyes. Racing to the hospital the stunning skies and...

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  • 1992
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    Rispondetemi

    Rispondetemi

    4.2 1992 HD

    As the paramedics pry her hand apart from her dead lover's grip a woman's life flashes before her eyes. Racing to the hospital the stunning skies and...

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  • 2001
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    Lost and Delirious

    Lost and Delirious

    6.82 2001 HD

    After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that...

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  • 2010
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    The Last Escape

    The Last Escape

    6.6 2010 HD

    Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of...

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  • 2010
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    The Last Escape

    The Last Escape

    6.6 2010 HD

    Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of...

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  • 2008
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    Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's

    Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's

    6.8 2008 HD

    in the summer of 1966, in Beloeil, Québec, where a young girl named Élise is enjoying summer vacation. Summer 1966. It's time to enjoy...

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  • 2011
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    Pink Ribbons, Inc.

    Pink Ribbons, Inc.

    6.5 2011 HD

    Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless women and men walk, bike, climb and shop for the...

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  • 1988
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    Straight for the Heart

    Straight for the Heart

    4.4 1988 HD

    Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he...

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  • 1988
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    Straight for the Heart

    Straight for the Heart

    4.4 1988 HD

    Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he...

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  • 1991
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    Montreal Stories

    Montreal Stories

    5 1991 HD

    Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first...

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  • 1986
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    Anne Trister

    Anne Trister

    5.4 1986 HD

    After the death of her father, Anne — a brilliant but emotionally unstable painter/sculptor — returns from Switzerland to her home town...

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  • 1980
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    Strass Café

    Strass Café

    1 1980 HD

    Cinematographic poem. On grey images, in familiar yet unknown streets, Strass Café tells the story of the hopes and disappointments of a woman...

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  • 1991
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    The Savage Woman

    The Savage Woman

    5.5 1991 HD

    Marianne, a young Canadian nurse living as an expatriate in Switzerland, is traumatized by a violent incident and becomes lost in the Alps. In time,...

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  • 1999
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    Set Me Free

    Set Me Free

    6.083 1999 HD

    A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc...

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  • 1994
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    Desire in Motion

    Desire in Motion

    5.3 1994 HD

    During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.

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  • 1994
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    Desire in Motion

    Desire in Motion

    5.3 1994 HD

    During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.

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  • 2015
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    The Passion of Augustine

    The Passion of Augustine

    7 2015 HD

    The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.

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  • 2024
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    Hôtel Silence

    Hôtel Silence

    6.8 2024 HD

    In this ode to resilience and life, Jean decides to set off on a one-way trip to a country destroyed by war with a minimum of luggage and a drill....

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  • 2024
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    Hôtel Silence

    Hôtel Silence

    6.8 2024 HD

    In this ode to resilience and life, Jean decides to set off on a one-way trip to a country destroyed by war with a minimum of luggage and a drill....

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  • 1984
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    A Woman in Transit

    A Woman in Transit

    5 1984 HD

    Even though the protagonist of the Canadian Femme De L'Hotel is a female filmmaker, one would think twice before suggesting that this effort by...

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  • 1990
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    Hotel Chronicles

    Hotel Chronicles

    1 1990 HD

    A woman travels across the United States, confronting memory while observing American culture through its hotels and motels.

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  • 2017
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    Worst Case, We Get Married

    Worst Case, We Get Married

    6.4 2017 HD

    Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back...

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  • 2017
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    Worst Case, We Get Married

    Worst Case, We Get Married

    6.4 2017 HD

    Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back...

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  • 2017
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    Double Sentence

    Double Sentence

    1 2017 HD

    Most women in prison are mothers. When a mother is imprisoned, her newborn or her young child can remain with her in prison or they can be separated...

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  • 2017
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    Double Sentence

    Double Sentence

    1 2017 HD

    Most women in prison are mothers. When a mother is imprisoned, her newborn or her young child can remain with her in prison or they can be separated...

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  • 1970
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    L'habit du héros

    L'habit du héros

    1 1970 HD

    Saad is a young Moroccan illegal immigrant who, together with his Iranian boyfriend Reza, attempts the perilous journey to America. As soon as they...

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