La sarrasine

Montreal 1904 Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians One day as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo his French Canadian best friends soninlaw This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their lifechanging impact Based on a true story The Saracen Woman paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures