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Mon amie Max

Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?

Top Cast

  • Geneviève Bujold

    Geneviève Bujold

    Marie-Alexandrine Brabant

  • Marthe Keller

    Marthe Keller

    Catherine Mercier

  • Johanne McKay

    Johanne McKay

    Marie-Alexandrine (adolescente)

  • Marie Guillard

    Marie Guillard

    Catherine (adolescente)

  • Michel Rivard

    Michel Rivard

    Denis Lajeunesse

  • Rita Lafontaine

    Rita Lafontaine

    Madame Brabant

  • Véronique Le Flaguais

    Véronique Le Flaguais

    Mme Michaud

  • Jean-Louis Roux

    Jean-Louis Roux

    Père Berube

  • Patrice Bissonnette

    Patrice Bissonnette

    Michel Simard

Overview

Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?

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