A Shore Away
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed to have succeeded in reintegrating when she was her social worker.
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed to have succeeded in reintegrating when she was her social worker.
Judith Baribeau
Geneviève
Rosalie Fortier
Camille
Olivier Aubin
M. Sinclair
Stanley Hilaire
Marc
Shakty Curbelo-Torrejon
Laurie
Andréanne Graton
Shelter staff
Audrey Ann Tremblay
Shelter staff
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed to have succeeded in reintegrating when she was her social worker.
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