After she had been raped by her father, a young woman leaves the town with her new born son. Years later, the son can't accept that his mother fell in love with someone else than the mythical father she had told him about.
Acting
Jean Belzil-Gascon's simmering, unstable devotion to a deadbeat fantasy.
Writing
The reveal of how Marie-Louise's 'hero' story became her son's prison.
Director
Jean-Claude Lord
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'cinéma québécois' of the Quiet Revolution aftermath—Catholic guilt, small-town claustrophobia, and generational trauma played straight, no irony.
The title's dessert is a cruel joke: something sweet and filled with cream, hiding a hollow center—much like Pierre's entire constructed identity.
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