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Days of Darkness

L'âge des ténèbres

Release: 2007-09-26 ·Runtime: 104m ·★ 6.4
Comedy Drama Fantasy

Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?

Production Countries

Canada France

Production Companies

Mon Voisin Productions
Cinémaginaire
StudioCanal
Alliance Atlantis

Cast

Marc Labrèche Marc Labrèche as Jean-Marc Leblanc Sylvie Léonard Sylvie Léonard as Sylvie Cormier-Leblanc Diane Kruger Diane Kruger as Véronica Star Caroline Néron Caroline Néron as Carole Bigras-Bourque Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright as Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant Macha Grenon Macha Grenon as Béatrice de Savoie Emma de Caunes Emma de Caunes as Karine Tendance Didier Lucien Didier Lucien as William Chérubin Rosalie Julien Rosalie Julien as Laurence Métivier Jean-René Ouellet Jean-René Ouellet as Policier / St-Bernard de Clairvaux André Robitaille André Robitaille as Gilles Sansregret Hugo Giroux Hugo Giroux as Thorvald Pierre Curzi Pierre Curzi as Pierre Gilles Pelletier Gilles Pelletier as Raymond Leclerc Christian Bégin Christian Bégin as Le motivateur par le rire Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland as Donald Sutherland Paule Baillargeon Paule Baillargeon as Dame à la minerve Monia Chokri Monia Chokri as Jeune femme arabe Gaston Lepage Gaston Lepage as Préposé à l'accueil Danny Gilmore Danny Gilmore as Écuyer du prince noir Véronique Cloutier Véronique Cloutier as Line Evelyne de la Chenelière Evelyne de la Chenelière as Guylaine Benoît Brière Benoît Brière as Médecin Michel Rivard Michel Rivard as Le prêtre Luc Senay Luc Senay as Chauffeur et accident Bernard Pivot Bernard Pivot as Bernard Pivot Violette Chauveau Violette Chauveau as La dame qui avait bu Françoise Graton Françoise Graton as La mère de Jean-Marc Camille Léonard Camille Léonard as Mégane Cormier-Leblanc Pauline Martin Pauline Martin as Madame Sigouin-Wong Élizabeth Lesieur Élizabeth Lesieur as Madame Pâquet-Plourde Steve Gagnon Steve Gagnon as Le prince noir Martin Sénéchal Martin Sénéchal as Groupe equus Thierry Ardisson Thierry Ardisson as Thierry Ardisson Laurent Baffie Laurent Baffie as Laurent Baffie Jacques Lavallée Jacques Lavallée as Monseigneur l'éveque Eugénie Beaudry Eugénie Beaudry as Le furie en noir Karen Elkin Karen Elkin as Le furie en noir Eve Gadouas Eve Gadouas as Le furie en noir Renaud Paradis Renaud Paradis as Kloser von Eichstad Claude Gauthier Claude Gauthier as Viking Anne-Marie Bouchard Anne-Marie Bouchard as Viking Sébastien René Sébastien René as Le halberdier Frédérik Zacharek Frédérik Zacharek as Le halberdier Chantal Lacroix Chantal Lacroix as La meneuse de jeu Silvio Orvieto Silvio Orvieto as Monsieur Gallucio Natalie Hamel-Roy Natalie Hamel-Roy as Paule Marie Michèle Desrosiers Marie Michèle Desrosiers as Son acolyte Jean Antoine Charest Jean Antoine Charest as Directeur Gisèle Trépanier Gisèle Trépanier as La directrice de l'hospice Mathieu Baron Mathieu Baron as Bûcheron (uncredited)