Evicted City
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| Released: | Montreal |
| Director: | Laurence Turcotte-Fraser, Priscillia Piccoli |
| Producer: | Dominique Dussault |
| Studio: | Les Films du 3 mars |
| Cast: | Guylain Levasseur, Loan Nguyen, Michel Monette, Renée Thifault, Maggie Sawyer, Francine Goyette, Pascal Lavoie |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Length: | 80 minutes |
Evicted City Synopsis
Montreal, Canada. One of North America’s last remaining affordable cities is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. As a result, the face of homelessness is visibly changing. “Renovictions” are on the rise while demand in homeless day centres explodes. In the Plateau Mont-Royal — a neighbourhood synonymous with gentrification — a 90-unit building named Manoir Lafontaine becomes the symbol of renoviction resistance in Quebec. An intimate portrait of a socio-political crisis, this multilayered film explores the human impact of real estate speculation on the cities of tomorrow.