Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the disaster they will experience will not be the one they predicted.
Acting
Bossé's Alain: charismatic cult leader energy you can't look away from.
Direction
Laliberté traps you in that bunker with them — claustrophobic perfection.
Writing
Sharp Quebecois dialogue that turns survival jargon into poetry.
Director
Patrice Laliberté
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Netflix's first original French-Canadian films, it sparked real debate in Quebec about rural survivalist subcultures that are rarely depicted on screen.
The bunker was a real decommissioned military installation — the cast's genuine discomfort in those cramped corridors wasn't entirely acting.
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