"An insightful and admirably complex take on human behavior. It can only further cement
Édoin’s reputation as one of Quebec’s brightest new directorial talents." Boyd van Hoeij, The
Hollywood Reporter
Guy Édoin (Wetlands) brings us the story of a French/Italian actress, played by Monica Bellucci,
who arrives in Montreal for a film shoot, hoping to reconnect with her son Thomas (Aliocha
Schneider), a student desperate to finally find out the identity of his father. On his birthday he is
determined to confront his mother to learn the answer. What he does not know is that the film
she is shooting was conceived specifically to answer his questions. The Almodóvaresque film-
withinafilm she’s in Canada to star in puts her secretive relationship with her son in lush
context.
Elsewhere in the city, an ambulance paramedic (Patrick Hivon) haunted by his past tries to keep
a hold on his life while a kindhearted nurse (Pascale Bussières) watches over him, from a
distance, in the chaos of her ER. The collision of these four individuals at the VilleMarie
Hospital leaves their lives changed forever. Édoin creates beautiful, touching and engaging
scenes with this remarkable cast and a script he cowrote with JeanSimon DesRochers.
Vancouver International Film Festival
