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Drama
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a REMSTAR and FORUM FILMS production
THE FIVE OF US
JACINTHE LAGÜE JULIE DESLAURIERS INGRID FALAISE BRIGITTE LAFLEUR
NOÉMIE YELLE PETER MILLER SYLVAIN CARRIER ROBERT LALONDE
with the participation of DIANE LAVALLÉE and LOUISE PORTAL
casting RACHEL FONTAINE production designer RICHARD MARCHAND
editor RICHARD COMEAU music composer NORMAND CORBEIL
director of photography ALEXIS DURAND-BRAULT executive producer JULIEN RÉMILLARD
screenplay collaboration GHYSLAINE CÔTÉ
original idea and written by CHANTAL CADIEUX
produced by MAXIME RÉMILLARD RICHARD LALONDE a film by GHYSLAINE CÔTÉ
Produced with the financial participation of
Téléfilm Canada
SODEC Société de développement des entreprises culturelles – Québec
Super Écran
Crédit d'impôt cinéma et télévision – Gestion SODEC
The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
with the collaboration of
Société Radio-Canada
CREDITS (NON CONTRACTUALS)
Awards and festivals
World Film Festial of Montreal 2004
- Award for Best Artistic Contribution
- Award for the most popular canadian film
- Two GENIE AWARDS 2005 Nominations
- Seven PRIX JUTRA 2005 Nominations (including "Best Film")
- World Film Festival of Montreal 2004 - Opening film
- Namur International French Language Films Festival 2004 - Official Competition
- Pusan International Film Festival 2004 - Selected
Synopsis
Manon Cloutier, 32, accepts a dinner invitation from her colleague Stéphane Lebeau. Romance is on the menu!
A few days later, still aglow from this fledgling relationship, Manon is going through the carwash when she becomes completely distraught at the glimpse of a man with tattooed arms. Terrified, Manon hurries home and locks herself up.
So begins a series of flashbacks. She remembers a summer day, when she was 17, when she and her girlfriends, Annie, Claudie, Isa and Sophie, are getting ready for a party at Sophie's parent's cottage. She remembers how much fun they used to have together then and she remembers the young tattooed man who gave her a lift in his Jeep as she hitchhiked on the very night of the party.
Since that time, Manon has steadfastly refused to see her old friends: her survival depends on avoiding anything that could remind her of the tragedy that marked her young life.
But 15 years later, she realizes that despite all Stéphane's kind attentions, only her childhood friends can really help her overcome her pain.
Returning to Sophie's cottage for the first time in 15 years, Manon finally tells her friends everything she has been holding in. Will she manage to turn the page on this dark episode in her life and find the happiness she so deserves?
Trailer
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Photos
Photo credit : Attila Dory and Pierre Dury
A film by
Ghyslaine Côté
Original idea and written by
Chantal Cadieux
Principal cast
| Jacinthe Laguë | |
| Julie Deslauriers | |
| Ingrid Falaise | |
| Brigitte Lafleur | |
| Noémie Yelle |