Evicted City
- Release Date: October 20, 2023 (limited)
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Laurence Turcotte-Fraser, Priscillia Piccoli
- Producer(s): Dominique Dussault
- Writer(s): Priscillia Piccoli, Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
- Studio: Les Films du 3 mars
- Length: 1h 20m
Synopsis
Montreal, Canada. One of North America’s last remaining affordable cities is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. As a result, the face of homelessness is visibly changing. “Renovictions” are on the rise while demand in homeless day centres explodes. In the Plateau Mont-Royal — a neighbourhood synonymous with gentrification — a 90-unit building named Manoir Lafontaine becomes the symbol of renoviction resistance in Quebec. An intimate portrait of a socio-political crisis, this multilayered film explores the human impact of real estate speculation on the cities of tomorrow.