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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

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Cast

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