"Sons forget their mothers can die."
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
Anne Dorval
Chantale Lemming
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel
François Arnaud
Antonin Rimbaud
Suzanne Clément
Julie Cloutier
Patricia Tulasne
Hélène Rimbaud
Niels Schneider
Eric
Monique Spaziani
Denise
Pierre Chagnon
Richard Minel
Justin Caron
Young Hubert
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
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