Released:
1975-10-30

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.

Director:
Gilles Carle

Runtime:
1h 57min

Genre:
Drama, Fantasy

• Cast:
• 
  Carole Laure
  as
  Normande St-Onge
• 
  Raymond Cloutier
  as
  Bouliane
• 
  Reynald Bouchard
  as
  Carol
• 
  Carmen Giroux
  as
  Pierrette St-Onge
• 
  Gaetan Guimond
  as
  Jérémie