Overview

Working as a pharmacy clerk while dreaming of escape through dance, Normande St-Onge supports a household of dependent and unstable relatives. As her efforts to protect and hold together her improvised family intensify, the pressures of exploitation, eviction, and emotional isolation push her toward psychological collapse. Directed by Gilles Carle, the film blurs the boundary between fantasy and breakdown.

Genres

Cast

Carole Laure

Normande St-Onge

Raymond Cloutier

Bouliane

Reynald Bouchard

Carol

J. Léo Gagnon

Le sculpteur

Denys Arcand

Jean-Paul

Yves Massicotte

Le Docteur Ostiguy

Robert Gravel

Un policier

Danielle Ouimet