Philippe Falardeau Quotes About Immigration

Quotes about: Immigration

• I didn't want the film to be didactic, and this is tough because if you look at the list of issues, you have immigration, the education system, you have the grieving, you have suicide. I think what saved me were two things. I tried to do everything with some level of restraint and let the spectator make up his own mind.

  Philippe Falardeau

  Suicide, Thinking, Grieving

  Source: collider.com

• I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I wanted to do that, but to talk about ourselves through the eyes of an immigrant. The film takes place in the school and it tells us a little bit about who we are and where we're at, but through the eyes of someone who has a different background.

  Philippe Falardeau

  Eye, School, Immigration

  Source: collider.com

• In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we tackle the subject of immigration and racial tension, it's an issue that concerns Montreal. Also, in Quebec, we have this added issue that we want people to speak French, because French is always on the verge of disappearing to some extent. I work, play and do everything in French.

  Philippe Falardeau

  Play, Cities, Speaks French

  Source: collider.com

• Again, something that's very strange and odd, you will find sometimes that immigrants that have been here for many years and already have their citizenship might be the ones against additional immigration. We've seen that also.

  Philippe Falardeau

  Years, Immigration, Might

  Source: collider.com

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