Montreal, My Beautiful

Introduction by Laura McVey at the Sat. Jun. 27th screening!

Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life shaped by duty – to her family, her culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets Camille, a spirited young Québécoise, a long-buried desire is awakened. In the balmy and joyful Montreal summer, Feng Xia takes the radical step of choosing herself – embarking on a journey of forbidden love and long-overdue self-discovery. Her awakening becomes a profound reckoning with identity, exile, and the steep cost of liberation.

Presented in French and Mandarin with English subtitles.

Laura McVey

Laura McVey is a librarian, writer, and lifelong cinephile. She was born and raised in Hamilton, and earned a Liberal Arts degree at the University of Waterloo and a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario. Laura is passionate about making connections through the medium of film, and hopes that the Rainbow Reels series will help expose filmgoers to queer stories from all over the world.