A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness into brutality.
Acting
Girard's magnificent eye-rolls carry entire scenes.
Director
Denys Arcand
Rémy Girard
Jean-Michel Bouchard
Sophie Lorain
Suzanne Francœur
Marie-Mai Bouchard
Flavie
Guylaine Tremblay
Nancy Fournelle
Caroline Néron
Ministre de la Santé
Alexandra McDonald
Kathy Ford
Charlotte Aubin
Rosalie Lecavalier
Robert Lepage
Raphaël Saint Aubin - sous-ministre de la Culture
Yves Jacques
Emmanuel d'Argenson
Denis Bouchard
Rodger Fournelle
René Richard Cyr
Ministre de la Culture
Clémence DesRochers
Madame Sylvestre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arcand's third film featuring Rémy Girard as a Quebec intellectual facing mortality, completing an accidental trilogy of cranky humanism.
The retirement home setting deliberately mirrors 2003's 'The Barbarian Invasions'—this time the dying institution is collective memory itself.
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