Synopsis
We’re somewhere in the heart of Quebec in a small village far from the big city and its dawn screech of squad car sirens and human screams. Martial, an experienced police officer, has just shot a young black man. Two investigators lead the enquiry. Statements follow on from each other, but make no sense of the situation.
A series of flashbacks provide glimpses of the night the killing took place. An angry black teenager demolishes a statue representing a ‘negro’ fishing in Cédulie’s manicured garden. The old woman and her backward son, Polo, come out of their house with a shotgun. Betrand, a neighbor, and Tâton, Canard, Josée and Samantha, a group of drunk partygoers, stop to watch the action. Old quarrels and fears rise to the surface; alcohol adds to the lethal mix. Things heat up and take a nasty turn: there’s a chase through the cornfields, a phony interrogation and then a gun goes off. Cédulie is killed by a bullet shot from her own gun. The black teenager is wounded. Someone calls for help.
But what really happened and who killed Cédulie?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (1)
- French distribution : Eurozoom
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Robert Morin
- Director of Photography : Jean-Pierre St-Louis
- Editor : Lorraine Dufour
- Sound Recordist : Marcel Chouinard
- Costume designer : Sophie Lefebvre
- Production Manager : Réal Chabot
- Press Attaché (film) : Monica Donati
- French distributor : Amel Lacombe
- Sound mixer : Hans Peter Strobl
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 05/05/2004
- Runtime : 1 h 32 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR