Three women, one car, and the highway home—where identity hits different at 100 km/h.
Behind closed doors in a car, three friends from the small town of Sept-Îles discuss their desire to reconnect with the North Shore, the region where they grew up. As the hours lenghten on the road 138, the young women reflect on the quest for identity that accompanies the regional exodus and reveals a social landscape decentralized from the metropolises.
Direction
Valcourt turns a car into confessional and time machine.
Cinematography
North Shore light—harsh, beautiful, unforgiving.
Director
Sophie Valcourt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sept-Îles and the Côte-Nord represent Quebec's extractive frontier—mining, logging, hydro—yet rarely get the intimate documentary treatment reserved for Montreal or Quebec City.
The 20-minute runtime mirrors the actual drive time between certain North Shore towns—Valcourt compresses geography into emotional duration.
CA
