Summary
Michel, the son of a paralysed writer, the husband of a Congolese
refugee and father of a future tennis champion, is an erratic Belgian
inventor who is misunderstood by his employer. At the age of 42,
he learms that he was adopted in childhood and that he was secretly
born in a garage in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the year
2000, Michel travels to Sainte-Cécile in the hope of finding his
biological parents. Here, he is involved in a road accident that
will change not only his life but the future of the automobile
industry...
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Credits
- Director: Philippe Falardeau
- Script: Philippe Falardeau
- Photo: André Turpin
- Music: Jarby McCoy
- Cast: Olivier Gourmet (Michel Roy), Paul Ahmarani (Louis Legros), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Hervé Roy), Claudia Tagbo (Alice Roy), Gabriel Arcand (Priest), Lorraine Pintal (Lucie), Arnaud Mouithys (Jules Roy), Guy Pion (Germain Collignon), Janine Sutto (Sister Lafrance), Marie Brassard (Madeleine Longsdale), Henri Chassé (Energy Minister), Jules Philip (Man in Alcove), Mireille Bailly (Lawyer), Carlo Ferrante (TV Host), Jean-Luc Couchard (Journalist), Brigitte Poupart (Customs Officer), Frédéric Dompierre (Flight Attendant), Olivia Le Clercq (Tennis Coach), Richard Kistabish (Robert), Carmen Blais (Country Host), Jacques Neefs (Ophtalmologist), Benoît Rousseau (Tow Truck Driver), Geoffrey Gaquere (Doctor), Jacques Hébert (Man at the Minister’s Office), Sylvain Scott (Police Inspector), Giuseppe Venturelli (Sylvio Legros), Aaron MacDevitt (Amerindian), Ange Mouithys (Congolese Narrator), John Canoe (Diamond Mine Worker)
- Country: Canada / Belgium / France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 105 min
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