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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Léane Labrèche-DorValérie
Micheline LanctôtJeanne
Alexandre LandryGabriel
Sylvie DrapeauLa Présidente
Normand DaoustLe soldat
Sophie ClémentAlice
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne
Catherine Proulx-LemayL'amie
Évelyne RompréDirectrice des RH
Christine BeaulieuSylvie
Evelyne de la ChenelièreFlorence
Frédéric Millaire-ZouviPréposé aux bénéficiairesExplore the crew
- Producer
- Fanny-Laure Malo
- Editor
- Amélie Labrèche
- Director
- Martin Laroche
- Director of Photography
- Mathieu Laverdière
- Writer
- Martin Laroche