''Caffè Italia, Montréal'' is a Canadian docudrama film, directed by

Paul Tana Paul Tana (born January 8, 1947) is an Italian-Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 1992 film ''La Sarrasine'', which received ten Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 including a nomination for Tana ...

and released in 1985.Bill Brownstein, "Caffe Italia captures immigrant experience". ''

Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

'', September 26, 1985. Focusing on the Italian Canadian community in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, the film profiles the community's history through a mix of archival footage and historical reenactments of key events acted by a cast led by

Pierre Curzi Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. ...

and

Tony Nardi Tony Nardi (born 1958) is an Italian-Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director based in Toronto, who has performed on stage and in film and television. Fluent in four languages; he has appeared in French, Italian and English-language pro ...

. The film won the

Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson The Prix Luc-Perreault, formerly known as the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson, is an annual Canadian film award, presented by the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma to a film deemed to be the best film of the year from Quebec, from among th ...

from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma for 1985.Bruce Bailey, "Film made in Montreal takes prize". ''

'', January 29, 1986.

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* 1985 films Canadian docudrama films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec Films directed by Paul Tana Italian-language Canadian films French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-documentary-film-stub