Montreal, My Beautiful
Montreal, My Beautiful is a Canadian drama film, directed by Xiaodan He and released in 2025. The film stars Joan Chen as Feng Xia, a Chinese Canadian immigrant wife and mother living in Montreal, Quebec, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery when she meets and falls in love with Camille, a free-spirited younger woman.
The cast also includes John Xu, Pei Yao Xu, Anzhe Zhang, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Isabelle Miquelon, Zion-Luna Ribeaux Valdès, Annette Garant, Éloi Archambaudoin, Wensi Yan, Pantelis Palioudakis and Amélie Pelletier in supporting roles.
Distribution
The film was screened for distributors at the Cannes Film Market in May 2025, and had its public premiere in the National Competition at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma.Awards
It won the Best Canadian Film prize at the 2025 Windsor International Film Festival.At the 2025 Reelworld Film Festival, Joan Chen won the award for Outstanding Feature Film Actress. The film subsequently won the award for Best Canadian Film at the 2025 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
At the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2025, Chen won the award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Canadian Film, and Aubin was a runner-up for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Canadian Film.