Drugs, love, and violence: the fierce will to live of a certain youth in downtown Rouyn-Noranda during the 1970s. A young pusher meets an old college friend who has since become an actress, now touring the region. His world is that of the Rouyn dropouts; she aspires to other worlds and other dreams. The connection between them is no longer possible.
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm that bleeds 1970s Quebec atmosphere
Direction
Blanchard's raw, unpolished vérité approach
Acting
Non-pro locals who feel unsettlingly real
Director
André Blanchard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Rouyn-Noranda locations with mostly non-professional actors from the local scene.
Part of a forgotten wave of 1970s Quebec regional cinema that predated the Denys Arcand boom.
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