fiction
82 min
French
video
2001

featuring
Patrick Labbé
Marie-France Marcotte
Marcel Sabourin
Dominique Lamy

writer & director
Simon Lacombe
producer
Anne-Marie Gélinas
associate producer
Simon Lacombe
directors of photography
Pierre Jodoin
Stéphan Menghi
art directors
Éric Clément
Nadine Lacasse
editors
Simon Lacombe
Suzanne Turgeon
sound
Louis Dupire
Jacques Comtois
Louis Desparois
Michel Zabitsky
original music
Ned Bouhalassa
Ben & Max

distribution
Film Tonic

festivals
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois

released
2001

broadcast
CANAL Indigo
Super Écran

produced with the
participation of

SODEC Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec
Programme d'aide aux jeunes créateurs

The deferred salaries of the technicians and of the actors

Government of Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit

National Film Board of Canada - Programme d'aide au cinéma indépendant

Government of Canada - Film or Video Production Tax Credit Telefilm Canada

Michel works in a blue-collar job for the city of Montreal. His work partner, Tuyau, is an aging, down-to-earth hippie with a repertoire of stories. Suffering from a failed love affair, Michel wanders through the city at night, "borrowing" cars he finds along the way.

Michel is searching for a new roommate, and asks the super, Martine, to show his apartment to prospective tenants. He installs a camera in the apartment and records the messages the visitors leave for him. One day, a mysterious Lisa leaves a message without showing her face. Michel eventually finds Lisa, who soon moves in with him. Both Michel and Lisa try, without success, to rid themselves of painful memories. Can they emerge from their respective solitude and learn to love again?