Cardboard City () is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by André Forcier and Jean-Marc E. Roy, and released in 2025.Alexandre Vigneault, "Comme un poème documentaire". La Presse, September 5, 2025. The film stars poet Jean-Marc Desgent as a fictionalized version of himself, who refuses to sell his run-down home in Longueuil, Quebec, to a real estate developer (Pierre Curzi) who wants to demolish the entire block to build a new, generic modern suburban housing development, with Desgent subsequently exploring the real history of Longueuil's 1969 annexation of Ville Jacques-Cartier.Jean-François Nadeau, "«Ville Jacques-Carton» : la vie oubliée de Ville Jacques-Cartier". Le Devoir, September 5, 2025.
The cast also includes Gaston Lepage, Charlotte Aubin, Sandrine Bisson, France Castel, Michèle Deslauriers and Mario Petrone as historic residents of the community in dramatic reenactments of the events.Maxime Demers, "Critique du film «Ville Jacques-Carton»: un documentaire singulier sur l’histoire du «bidonville de Montréal»". Le Journal de Québec, September 5, 2025.
The film premiered on July 19, 2025, at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival,Charles-Henri Ramond, "(Fantasia) Première de Ville Jacques-Carton". Films du Québec, June 12, 2025. before opening commercially on September 5.Charles Rioux, "Ville Jacques-Carton, pour l’amour du patrimoine ouvrier du « bidonville de Montréal »". Ici Radio-Canada, September 5, 2025.
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