Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.
Acting
Sylvie Moreau's magnificent disaster energy as Jeanne
Writing
Brutal sibling dialogue that cuts like winter wind
Production
Montréal apartments as character, not backdrop
Director
Yves Pelletier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures a specific early-2000s Montréal bohemian scene now vanishing to gentrification. The casual polyamory and artistic poverty feel like time capsules.
Director Yves Pelletier was primarily known for comedy; this marked his rare foray into relationship drama, explaining the tonal whiplash between farce and genuine melancholy.
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