A Sunday at 105

Une Acadienne centenaire se prête au jeu du cinéma, l'espace d'un dimanche, afin de partager ses conceptions de la vie. Filmée dans son quotidien par son arrière-petit-fils, Aldéa Pellerin-Cormier aborde à sa façon des sujets universels. De la toilette du matin jusqu'au «petit coup» avalé d'un trait avant de se mettre au lit, chaque moment est ponctué d'une boutade inattendue ou d'une réflexion existentielle. Respectueux de l'intimité et de l'intégrité de la vieille dame, Daniel Léger propose un premier documentaire qui témoigne d'une intarissable joie de vivre.

In their small country home in New Brunswick, Jean-Paul and Anne, who suffer respectively from physical and intellectual impairments, share an unwavering love for each other. Declarations of love, little gifts, jokes and affectionate nicknames highlight their deeply moving relationship, a relationship that transcends difference. Together, they look after Jean-Paul's ailing parents. With great respect for those who confide in him, Daniel Léger presents love through the eyes of two people with disabilities, and in so doing, creates an inspiring lesson in happiness.

Feisty, fiercely independent and firmly rooted in place, 90 year-old Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business-a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over 70 years later. Weaving animation and archival imagery with intimate and laugh out loud moments in the salon, the film celebrates the power of friendship, doing what you love and staying active. With no desire to retire anytime soon, Mabel gives voice to a generation who are not front and center of cinema or the pop hairstyles of the day, and subtly shifts the lens on our perception of beauty and the elderly.