One day, for no apparent reason, a cop kills 11 children. The same day, horror novelist Thomas Roy tries to commit suicide after cutting his fingers. At first glance, nothing seems to link the two events – until Dr. Paul Lacasse, a disillusioned psychiatrist, takes over the case. Prompted by his colleague Jeanne, a fan of Thomas Roy, Dr. Lacasse investigates the writer’s past. Hounded by a gossip columnist, Dr. Lacasse uncovers a series of troubling facts that bolster his convictions about the case. As he tries to reassemble the pieces of the puzzle in order to better treat the famous writer, Dr. Lacasse is dragged further and further into a series of events, with terrifying consequences.
Acting
Michel Côté's unraveling psychiatrist is devastating
Direction
Tessier's clinical dread builds to pure nightmare fuel
Writing
The screenplay weaponizes language itself — literally
Director
Éric Tessier
Michel Côté
Paul Lacasse
Patrick Huard
Thomas Roy
Catherine Florent
Jeanne Marcoux
Albert Millaire
Father Lemay
Jean L'Italien
Charles Monette
Jacques Lavallée
Patrick Michaud
Jean-Pierre Bergeron
Father Boudreault
Nicolas Canuel
Father Pivot
Normand D'Amour
Louis Archambault
Geneviève Laroche
Julie Picard
Frédérique Collin
Madame Hénault
Annette Garant
Nicole
Christine Foley
Claudette Roy
Alexis Bélec
Young Father Lemay
Paul Doucet
Inspector Goulet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrick Huard learned to write left-handed for the finger-severing scene — method acting to the extreme.
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