And the Birds Rained Down
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. But before she arrives, she learns that Boychuck has just perished. Survivors of the long-ago fire, Tom and Charlie, two elderly men who have chosen to live out their last days in the woods, are introduced to Marie Desneige, whose 60 year institutionalization has only fueled her passion for life. Meanwhile, the photographer is discovering that Boychuck had been a painter, whose life’s work had been entirely inspired by the Great Fire. The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of these men of the forest. Three men who, in choosing freedom above all else, made a deal with death.
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Andrée Lachapelle
as Marie-Desneige
Gilbert Sicotte
as Charlie
Rémy Girard
as Tom
Ève Landry
as Rafaëlle
Éric Robidoux
as Steve
Louise Portal
as Geneviève
Patricia Nolin
as Mlle Polson
Marie-Ginette Guay
as Mme Sullivan
Kenneth Welsh
as Boychuck
Pierre Collin
as Mari feux
Denise Dubois
as Femme âgée feux
Jean-Jacques Blanchet
as Grand brûlé
Joseph Bellerose
as Prêtre
Luc Morissette
as Romain
Anne Boulianne
as Femme funérailles
Diane St-Jacques
as Femme funérailles
Martin Plouffe
as Gardien
François Lambert
as Homme qui grogne
Maude Audet
as Chanteuse au bar
Francis La Haye
as Barman
Steve Laplante
as Policier SQ perquisition
Guillaume Tremblay
as Policier SQ perquisition
Eugénie Beaudry
as Policière SQ disparition
Vincent Fafard
as Policier SQ disparition
Simon Rousseau
as JF garde forestier
