Laughter
Le rire
Release: 2020-01-31
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 5.7
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
La Boîte à Fanny
Cast
Evelyne de la Chenelière
as Florence
Dominique Quesnel
as La mère
Léane Labrèche-Dor
as Valérie
Micheline Lanctôt
as Jeanne
Stéphanie Germain
as Femme graffiti
Marc-André Brunet
as Homme dans la voiture
Fayolle Jean Jr
as Préposé aux bénéficiaires
Gabrielle Lamarche
as Adolescente à la fosse
François Lambert
as Le peintre
Sophie Clément
as Alice
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne
as Samuel
Émilie St-Germain
as La fille
Normand Daoust
as Le soldat
Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi
as Préposé aux bénéficiaires
Alexandre Landry
as Gabriel
Isabelle Duchesneau
as Femme dans la voiture
Évelyne Rompré
as Directrice des RH
Christine Beaulieu
as Sylvie
Rosa Zacharie
as Épouse du soldat
Pascale Drevillon
as Voix au téléphone
Sylvie Drapeau
as La Présidente
Catherine Proulx-Lemay
as L'amie
