A retired divorcée discovers poker and learns to bluff her way through family trauma.
Denise is a woman of ripe age whose life has recently changed with the divorce from her husband Michel, the relocation to the neighborhood of her youth, and the retirement from her position as financial director in a large company now directed by her son, Alex. An object of contempt by her husband, her son and at her former workplace, Denise desperately clings to them, unable to communicate. This changes when Denise meets her new neighbors who initiate her to the world of poker. Little by little, she submits to the pleasures of the game and substitutes one family for another.
Acting
Micheline Bernard's restrained, heartbreaking silence speaks volumes.
Direction
Galiero's poker metaphor never feels heavy-handed.
Director
Simon Galiero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 2010s Quebec cinema exploring invisible older women, rarely exported outside Canada.
The poker scenes use non-professional players; Bernard learned the game during production and kept playing.
CA
