Montreal, My Beautiful

Montréal, ma belle

Joan Chen stuns in this powerful story of a Chinese immigrant in her 50s exploring her hidden lesbian desires for the first time.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Xiaodan He

  • With

    Joan Chen, John Xu, Charlotte Aubin

  • Canada 2025. 117min

  • Courtesy of

    Filmoption International

  • Languages

    French, Mandarin Chinese

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Feng Xia lives a life of dutiful servitude to her husband, children and community of Chinese ex-pats. When she finally decides to put herself first, and explore the sexuality that she has long concealed, she meets the free-spirited Camille. But will Feng Xia’s self-actualisation mean that she must sacrifice the ‘perfect’ life that she’s spent so long building?

Grace Barber-Plentie

Content advice

Contains scenes of domestic violence or abuse, nudity, and sex.

How to book

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