# Cardboard City (2025)

> A defiant poetic documentary preserves the working-class memory of Ville Jacques-Cartier as development threatens to bury it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7453274

## Facts

- Runtime: 80 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: André Forcier, Jean-Marc E. Roy
- Cast: Jean-Marc Desgent, Pierre Curzi, France Castel, Michèle Deslauriers, Gaston Lepage, Charlotte Aubin, Sandrine Bisson, Catherine Martel-Choinière
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37066286/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: melancholic, defiant, reflective, reflective evening, documentary film night

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