Directed by:
Denis CôtéScreenplay:
Denis CôtéCinematography:
François Messier-RheaultCast:
Robert Naylor, Jocelyne Zucco, Diane Lavallée, Rémi Goulet, Jean-Michel Anctil, Hubert Proulx, Rachel Graton, Larissa Corriveau, Irlande Côté (more)Plots(1)
Irénée-les-Neiges is a remote village somewhere in Quebec with only 215 inhabitants. When young Simon Dubé dies in a car accident, the villagers’ tranquil and regulated existence is thrown out of step. People are decidedly reluctant to talk about the particulars of the accident. For Simon’s parents and his brother, their grief means that time seems to lose all meaning and their mood gradually spreads to others. The mayoress’s pragmatism increasingly comes to nought, and this older married couple find themselves unable to maintain their quirky habits in peace. Snowy, frosty winter days stretch out into infinity. Something barely tangible descends on the region, like a veil. Mysterious figures emerge from the fog and commit strange acts. To intensify the unreal atmosphere, this film was shot on 16mm. Stories from another time appear to lurk behind the coarse-grained, flickering celluloid images. But what seems strange is sometimes more familiar than one might suspect. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Robert Naylor
Canada
Best movies:
10 1/2 (2010)
The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Ascension (2014) (series)
Jocelyne Zucco
Best movies:
Guilt by Association (2002) (TV movie)
Sister Mary Explains It All (2001) (TV movie)
Deadfall (2012)
Diane Lavallée
Canada
Best movies:
Maurice Richard (2005)
Mambo Italiano (2003)
Karmina (1996)
Rémi Goulet
Best movies:
The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (2012)
The Sound of Trees (2015)
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Jean-Michel Anctil
Canada
Best movies:
Father and Guns (2009)
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Hubert Proulx
Best movies:
Temporaries (2023)
Felix and Meira (2014)
Babysitter (2022)
Rachel Graton
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Larissa Corriveau
Best movies:
Polytechnique (2009)
That Kind of Summer (2022)
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Irlande Côté
Best movies:
A Colony (2018)
Louis Cyr (2013)
Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022)
Josée Deschênes
Canada
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
André Richard
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Sharon Ibgui
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Slut in a Good Way (2018)
Jean-Philippe Lehoux
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Eliott Plamondon
Best movies:
Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
Joseph Bellerose
Best movies:
Starbuck (2011)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)