Robert Toupin

The daily lives of the personnel of the St-Vincent hospital in Montréal.

Die kleine Lucie kann sich durch ihren unbändigen Überlebenswillen aus einem furchtbaren Gefängnis befreien. Monatelang wurde sie gefangen gehalten. Nun kommt sie in ein Heim und steht unter Betreuung. Doch sie kann mit ihrer Vergangenheit nicht abschließen, und obwohl sie immer wieder von ihrer besten Freundin Anna getröstet wird, verfolgt sie der Alptraum bis ins junge Erwachsenenalter. Dann sieht sich ein Familienvater plötzlich mit der Mündung eines Gewehrlaufes konfrontiert, an dessen anderen Ende die rasende Lucie steht …

Dramatic reenactments of major Quebec trials.

An adult Martin Roy reminisces about his life in the 1966/67 school year. At fifteen years old and in his last year of junior high school, he breathed, ate and slept hockey. He collected hockey cards, played street hockey with his friends, tried skating and ice hockey for the first time in his life, but was most fascinated with his local national league team, the Montréal Canadiens, and its star player, Henri Richard. He dreamed of growing up and working for the Canadiens franchise. But a more immediate goal was to get tickets to one of their games, using M. Richard and his banker father, Hervé, as possible conduits to that goal.

Despite her lover's feelings, a pro-choice journalist considers having an abortion.

Juan Alvarez, a Spanish refugee in Canada, shoemaker, picks up at his home Manuel, a 12-year-old Portuguese teenager, whom he teaches to read, to assert his rights and who speaks of the Spanish civil war.

In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the illness has hit Roland hard, the proud and generous patriarch of the family, who tries as best he can to hide the ultimatum he is suffering from his children. Life being what it is, Roland will have to be admitted to a palliative care center while his loved ones, including Paul, will have to come to terms with the idea of ​​his death. In the process, Paul will take up drawing.