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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Carole LaureNormande St-Onge
Raymond CloutierBouliane
Reynald BouchardCarol
J. Léo GagnonLe sculpteur
Denys ArcandJean-Paul
Yves MassicotteLe Docteur Ostiguy
Robert GravelUn policier
Danielle OuimetCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Gilles Carle
- Writer
- Ben Barzman
- Original Music Composer
- Lewis Furey
- Director of Photography
- François Protat
- Director of Photography
- Michel Brault