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Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.

Top Cast

  • Paul Ahmarani

    Paul Ahmarani

    Louis Legros

  • Olivier Gourmet

    Olivier Gourmet

    Michel Roy

  • Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Hervé Roy

  • Claudia Tagbo

    Claudia Tagbo

    Alice Roy

  • Arnaud Mouithys

    Arnaud Mouithys

    Jules Roy

  • Lorraine Pintal

    Lorraine Pintal

    Lucie

  • Gabriel Arcand

    Gabriel Arcand

    Priest

  • Guy Pion

    Guy Pion

    Germain Collignon

  • Janine Sutto

    Janine Sutto

    Sister Lafrance

Overview

Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the age of 41 that he was adopted, actually having been born in Sainte-Cécile, Quebec. In the summer of 2000, he travels to Quebec, supposedly to sell some of his inventions. While on a near-impossible quest to find his birth family in the town where he was born, he crosses paths with Louis Legros, son of another inventor, in a meeting which will change their lives.

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