After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

A 1921 silent film

A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.

Is global democracy an inherent right or just a can of worms? Michèle Garneau's The Ballot takes a satirical look at this Pandora's box. A tongue-in-cheek look at man's thirst for power, which may yet sweep the planet into oblivion.

A teenage girl confronts a corrupt political campaign as a small countryside town prepares for the local elections.

Several independent observers capture silly and cute nonsense that is going on in homes of disabled voters and in polling stations during presidential election day on March 18, 2018 in Russia.

After the Ballot is a full-length documentary portraying the gruelling everyday life of two Members of Quebec's National Assembly who, although at opposite ends of the political spectrum, share the fact that their sole power lies in their convictions. One is Daniel Turp, the PQ Member for Mercier. The other is Charlotte L'Écuyer, Liberal MNA for Pontiac. The film aptly illustrates that ordinary MNAs have very little authority since the real power is held by ministers who are subject to the ups and downs of a globalized economy. Meanwhile, their fellow citizens keep asking for the impossible…