A separated couple meet again after 10 years when the body of their missing son is found. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they hesitantly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death, and even the possibility of reconciliation.
Acting
Ricard and Mallette communicate entire histories in silences.
Direction
Delisle's static frames refuse to look away from grief.
Writing
Dialogue so restrained it physically hurts.
Director
François Delisle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Delisle shot in Quebec's harsh winter light specifically to mirror emotional frost—no warmth, no escape, just endurance.
Geneviève Bujold, playing the grandmother with dementia, was 73 and had to be reminded between takes that her character didn't remember her grandson was dead.
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