Diane Messier lives on a farm in the Eastern Townships, near the American border, with her daughter Sarah and her two sisters, Carmen and Julie. Following a tragic accident, Diane feels constantly threatened and even believes her house is haunted. Worried by her daughter's actions, Angèle returns from Florida to bring comfort to Diane and try to reunite the family clan.
Acting
Pascale Bussières carries volcanic grief in complete stillness.
Cinematography
Eastern Townships fog becomes a fifth sister, all judging.
Direction
Édoin keeps you uncertain: horror or hysteria?
Director
Guy Édoin
Pascale Bussières
Diane Messier
Mégane Proulx
Sarah Messier
Micheline Lanctôt
Angèle Messier
Christine Beaulieu
Carmen Messier
Marilyn Castonguay
Julie Messier
Béatrice Picard
Helena Messier
Marie-France Marcotte
Valérie
Patrice Godin
Pierre Larocque
Marie-Madeleine Sarr
Caroline Bacon
Blaise Tardif
Notaire Bertrand
Sylvain Massé
Robert
Maxime de Cotret
Patrice
Sarianne Cormier
Directrice d'école
Denis Larocque
M. Tremblay
Lorne Brass
Inconnu dans la nuit
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Édoin's 'Les Hautes Terres' trilogy explores Quebec rural identity; this standalone carries that same soil-under-fingernails authenticity. The Eastern Townships' Anglo-Franco tension mirrors the family's own internal borders.
Micheline Lanctôt (Angèle) is a Québécois cinema legend directing since 1977; her casting as the returning 'savior' sister layers meta-narrative about women rescuing each other on and off screen.
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