With La Mémoire des anges, director Luc Bourdon cuts together over 120 memorable extracts from National Film Board of Canada films. In so doing, he accomplishes several goals, simultaneously paying homage to the rich and extraordinarily diverse cinematic history of Canada and particularly Québec; chronicling the rapid development of the Quebec province and Montreal per se (with a heavy emphasis on its social history); and reflecting on the bittersweet passage of time per se. Directors represented in this montage include: Arthur Lipsett, Denys Arcand, Gilles Carle, Claude Jutra and many others; the soundtrack features a diverse selection of tunes from Paul Anka, Oscar Peterson and many others.