Laughter

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 shes 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 survivors syndrome the grieving process the distance of time the power of love and the joy of being alive