Overview

As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as an orderly, she befriends Jeanne, an erudite and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap. Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, The Laugh presents a humane exploration of the survivor’s syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.

Genres

Cast

Léane Labrèche-Dor

Valérie

Micheline Lanctôt

Jeanne

Alexandre Landry

Gabriel

Sylvie Drapeau

La Présidente

Normand Daoust

Le soldat

Sophie Clément

Alice

Jean-Sébastien Courchesne

Samuel

Catherine Proulx-Lemay

L'amie

Évelyne Rompré

Directrice des RH

Christine Beaulieu

Sylvie

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Florence

Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi

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