"I am happy and normal... save me!"
Working as a pharmacy clerk while dreaming of escape through dance, Normande St-Onge supports a household of dependent and unstable relatives. As her efforts to protect and hold together her improvised family intensify, the pressures of exploitation, eviction, and emotional isolation push her toward psychological collapse. Directed by Gilles Carle, the film blurs the boundary between fantasy and breakdown.
Carole Laure
Normande St-Onge
Raymond Cloutier
Bouliane
Reynald Bouchard
Carol
Carmen Giroux
Pierrette St-Onge
Gaetan Guimond
Jérémie
J. Léo Gagnon
Le sculpteur
Anne-Marie Ducharme
Mme. Veilleux
Renée Girard
Berthe St-Onge
Denys Arcand
Jean-Paul
Working as a pharmacy clerk while dreaming of escape through dance, Normande St-Onge supports a household of dependent and unstable relatives. As her efforts to protect and hold together her improvised family intensify, the pressures of exploitation, eviction, and emotional isolation push her toward psychological collapse. Directed by Gilles Carle, the film blurs the boundary between fantasy and breakdown.
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