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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.
Director
Producers
Studio
La Boîte à Fanny
Original Title
Le rire
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →L
Léane Labrèche-Dor
Valérie
M
Micheline Lanctôt
Jeanne
A
Alexandre Landry
Gabriel
S
Sylvie Drapeau
La Présidente
N
Normand Daoust
Le soldat
S
Sophie Clément
Alice
J
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne
Samuel
C
Catherine Proulx-Lemay
L'amie
É
Évelyne Rompré
Directrice des RH
C
Christine Beaulieu
Sylvie
E
Evelyne de la Chenelière
Florence
F
Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi
Préposé aux bénéficiaires
S
Stéphanie Germain
Femme graffiti
D
Dominique Quesnel
La mère
M
Marc-André Brunet
Homme dans la voiture
F
Fayolle Jean Jr
Préposé aux bénéficiaires
P
Pascale Drevillon
Voix au téléphone
G
Gabrielle Lamarche
Adolescente à la fosse
F
François Lambert
Le peintre
I
Isabelle Duchesneau
Femme dans la voiture
