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Laughter (2020)

Directed by Martin Laroche

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Overview

As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as an orderly, she befriends Jeanne, an erudite and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap.  Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, The Laugh presents a humane exploration of the survivor’s syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.

Length 124 minutes

Actors

Marc-André Brunet | Sylvie Drapeau | Dominique Quesnel | Évelyne Rompré | Catherine Proulx-Lemay | Micheline Lanctôt | Evelyne De La Chenelière | Rosa Zacharie | Christine Beaulieu | Sophie Clément | François Lambert | Jean-Sébastien Courchesne | Alexandre Landry | Normand Daoust | Rebecca Miville-Deschênes | Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi | Léane Labrèche-Dor | Catherine Hughes | Jean-Marie Montbarbut | Stéphanie Germain | Fayolle Jean Jr | Pascale Drevillon | Gabrielle Lamarche | Émilie St-Germain | Isabelle Duchesneau | Sylvain Poirier | Jade Tessier | Pénéloppe Deraîche-Dallaire | Émilie-Rose Laplante | Hervé Simba