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Stories Set in Montréal
French on the street, English in the boardrooms, festivals all summer to survive the winter: Montreal is North America's most European city without trying. Its film scene punches far above its size. Glass Houses and Laurence Anyways show the range. Open Montréal on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Montréal on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Montréal
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Browse 22 books, 93 movies and 5 games set in Montréal.

Glass Houses
When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead.From…

Laurence Anyways
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

The Voyeurs
When Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the…

Heartbeats
Francis is a young gay man Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends instantly and equally infatuated…

The Score
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Taking Lives
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.…

Polytechnique
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
A star-studded musical celebration in tribute to Leonard Cohen—the Montreal-born writer composer performer and man of letters—that took place in November 2017 at the Bell Centre.

The Barbarian Invasions
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire' 50-something Montreal college professor Remy learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he…

Starbuck
David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that as a sperm donor he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true…
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