A PhD student with cat allergies to bad vibes documents her own cancer year—no filter, no pink ribbons, just raw truth.
Marie-Philip is a PhD student and part-time professor who loves cats and Harry Potter. But one week before her 29th birthday, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. For a year, without false modesty, we follow her through each step as she confides in us with shocking honesty. An ode to life, to courage and to the resilience of all those who fight every day against disease.
Direction
De Celles disappears completely—just Marie-Philip and her unblinking camera confessional.
Editing
A year compressed to 81 minutes that somehow never rushes the hard parts.
Writing
Marie-Philip's own narration: funny, furious, and refusing inspirational poster quotes.
Director
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Quebecois autobiographical documentary where women control their own medical narratives, rejecting traditional 'brave cancer patient' tropes.
Marie-Philip kept filming through her actual treatment; the director was her former professor, creating a complex power dynamic that evolved into collaboration.
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