Directed by:
Bernard ÉmondScreenplay:
Bernard ÉmondCinematography:
Jean-Pierre St-LouisComposer:
Robert Marcel LepageCast:
Luc Picard, Guylaine Tremblay, Markita Boies, Fanny Mallette, Patrick Drolet, Lise Castonguay, Vincent Bilodeau, Alexandrine Agostini, Alex Bisping (more)Plots(1)
Gérard owes his life to an undone shoelace. As a former reporter and Anonymous Alcoholic, he has finally come back to live in Hochelaga, the working-class neighbourhood where he grew up. Through a series of minor mishaps, he comes home one night just a few minutes after the whole building explodes. There are six casualties in the fire. The questions which torment him are the following: why did his neighbours die and not him? Is there any sense to this event? Does life itself have any meaning? To answer them, Gérard rummages through the victims’ past. His investigation leads him from Hochelaga, Outremont, and Maniwaki to the coast of St. Jean Port-Joli. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Luc Picard
Canada
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Guylaine Tremblay
Canada
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Markita Boies
Canada
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Fanny Mallette
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Patrick Drolet
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Lise Castonguay
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Vincent Bilodeau
Canada
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Alexandrine Agostini
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Alex Bisping
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Roger La Rue
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Guy Sprung
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Diane Lavallée
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Pierre Mailloux
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Michel Mongeau
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Patrice Bélanger
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Claude Lemieux
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Jean-Marie Moncelet
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Micheline Bernard
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Yvan Benoît
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