Like many happy people, Bruno Hamel is leading an uneventful life until one afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime.
Acting
Legault's unraveling is devastatingly precise.
Direction
Podz's claustrophobic framing refuses comfort.
Editing
Seven days unfold like a waking nightmare.
Director
Podz
Claude Legault
Bruno Hamel
Rémy Girard
Hervé Mercure
Martin Dubreuil
Anthony Lemaire
Fanny Mallette
Sylvie
Alexandre Goyette
Michel Boisvert
Dominique Quesnel
Marise Pleau
Pascale Delhaes
Diane Masson
Pascal Contamine
Gaétan Morin
Daniel Desputeau
Gilles, Médecin
Maxime Bessette
Jeune rocker
Maxime Allard
Journaliste Fafard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Quebec's 'New Wave' of brutal, morally ambiguous cinema alongside Incendies.
The seven-day structure deliberately mirrors creation—here, a man builds his own hell.
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