Montreal - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?
(Book) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler (Book) Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill (Book) The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy (Movie) Good Cop Bon Cop (Starring the Umbrella Academy's Sir Reginald Hargreaves: Patrick Huard) (Movie) Funky Town (Starring the Umbrella Academy's Sir Reginald Hargreaves: Patrick Huard) (Movie) The Barbarian Invasions (Movie) Jésus de Montréal (Movie) The Score ( Starring DeNiro, Brando, Norton - Jul 2022
Read about the residential school system before you arrive, which will make protests make more sense when you are here. I’ve enjoyed having local TV and seeing shows about Canada’s First Nations (indigenous) people and “Still Standing,” which visits small towns. - Aug 2020
Books by Louise Penny. - Feb 2018
Champlain's Dream
Non - Dec 2009
The history of the English vs. French vs. Americans (18th-19th c.) is a good way to understand some of the underlying resentments, and it's definitely a plus to read up on the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and 70s, when the language laws were passed. - Jan 2009
