A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer's.
Direction
Baillargeon directs herself watching her own mother unravel.
Acting
Yaroshevskaya's fragmented performance is devastatingly real.
Director
Paule Baillargeon
Kim Yaroshevskaya
Sonia
Paule Baillargeon
Roxanne
Lothaire Bluteau
Claude
Paul Buissonneau
Paul
Michael Rudder
David
Raymond Cloutier
Doctor
Marc Messier
Psychiatrist
Frédérique Collin
Guy Thauvette
Jocelyn Bérubé
Narrator (voice)
Pierre Curzi
Narrator (voice)
Danielle Proulx
Narrator (voice)
Gilbert Sicotte
Narrator (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baillargeon shot this between acting gigs, using her actual mother's real decline with Alzheimer's.
A rare 1980s Canadian feminist film that treats aging women's bodies with unflinching dignity.
CA
