Michel Forget

An old woman who drinks is dying. She thinks back on her youth and the bender that lost her everything when she was 46. The story of a woman from a working class background who wanted to climb the social ladder and was brought down by love, a lost woman who, at the end of her life, reclaims her dignity.

Sent to a Quebec village to investigate mysterious disappearances, a journalist discovers a universe that oscillates between drama and fantasy. The disappearance of his photographer and the presence of strange characters, will lead him on tracks where the notion of identity is compromised... including his own.

Based on a famous Quebecan novel and set during the Second World War, a family in the slums of Montreal struggle to overcome poverty while striving for a better life. Romance soon beckons, but as with everything else, this provides more difficulties.

Luc is a brilliant young architect with a budding reputation. Opinionated, charming, and confident, he lives with his beautiful wife in the stunning countryside of Quebec. When Luc goes on a business trip, he meets and falls for a mysterious woman. Caught in a triangle of emotions, Luc puts everything in jeopardy to pursue her as his seemingly perfect life begins to fall apart.

Friends Blanche and Fabienne make plans to visit the town of Contrecœur where they have left behind some fairly complex family ties. The two women take Fabienne's boyfriend Jean-Paul up on his offer to drive them to Contrecœur in his oil tanker. During a long snowbound night on the highway, the three play power games and uncover some truths.