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Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful

Brother Marie-Victorin was 46 when he met 23-year-old Marcelle Gauvreau. Both have been close to death and share the same love of God and Nature. He becomes her teacher, later she becomes his assistant. Their friendship evolves. Marie-Victorin offers Marcelle different readings on sexuality that she hastens to comment on from her own intimate experiences. In an epistolary exchange that will last until the death of Marie-Victorin, they explore human desires and "biology without a veil". This great chaste love, the love of Quebec's flora, pushes them to question their own relationship with love and Nature.

Top Cast

  • Alexandre Goyette

    Alexandre Goyette

    Frère Marie-Victorin / Antoine

  • Mylène Mackay

    Mylène Mackay

    Marcelle Gauvreau / Roxanne

  • Rachel Graton

    Rachel Graton

    Rita Simard / Catherine

  • Francis Ducharme

    Francis Ducharme

    Frère Léo / Michel

  • Sylvie Moreau

    Sylvie Moreau

    Sœur Marie-des-Anges / Louise

  • Marianne Farley

    Marianne Farley

    Marianne Molnar

  • Vincent Graton

    Vincent Graton

    Dr. Joseph Gauvreau

  • Geneviève Langlois

    Geneviève Langlois

    Augustine Gauvreau

  • Ariane Castellanos

    Ariane Castellanos

    Lydia

Overview

Brother Marie-Victorin was 46 when he met 23-year-old Marcelle Gauvreau. Both have been close to death and share the same love of God and Nature. He becomes her teacher, later she becomes his assistant. Their friendship evolves. Marie-Victorin offers Marcelle different readings on sexuality that she hastens to comment on from her own intimate experiences. In an epistolary exchange that will last until the death of Marie-Victorin, they explore human desires and "biology without a veil". This great chaste love, the love of Quebec's flora, pushes them to question their own relationship with love and Nature.

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