A Canadian artist of Japanese origin, Mikyuki Tanobe, lived and painted for a while in a working-class neighborhood in Montreal. Her experience there is remembered through narration, film and her paintings of the community.

What characteristics of the highlighted Montreal neighbourhood helped draw in and inspire the narrator in My Floating World?

Miyuki Tanobe is a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighbourhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from a preliminary sketch to its completion, showing how thoroughly she has grasped the essence of her new homeland. Tanobe portrays Montréal and Québec life in a lively and perceptive fashion.