Les Etats Unis d'Albert

In French, with English subtitles (2005)Jack Dekker: "Partial amnesia. I'd give anything to forget Arizona and get back my virginity."This is an absurd and occasionally raunchy screwball comedy. I laughed all the way through it.It is 1926, and Valentino had just died. On his way to Los Angeles to become a movie star, young Albert (Eric Bruneau) meets and falls in love with a lovely,

Monica La Mitraille

Also known as Machine Gun MollyIn French, with English subtitles (2004)Monica: "If I were a guy, no one would care. It was the only way out I knew."Born into poverty and the victim of tragedy, trapped in the traditional female roles of the post-WWII era, Monica Sparvieri's biggest mistake was that she found bank robbery more interesting and fun than prostitution.Monica isn't what I would call

Million Dollar Babies

Also known as Jumelles DionneEnglish (1994)Oliva Dionne: "Have you been to Quint-Land? Twice a day, my kids are put in a cage so strangers can stare at them. Now you tell me who's exploiting my kids."In 1934, before the age of fertility drugs, multiple births were rare. Five identical baby girls born on a Canadian farm in the middle of the depression were practically a miracle.Taken by the