| It's July 1969 in Montreal.
Odile (Macha Grenon) and Sacha (Marie Bunel) are arguing because Sacha is not
yet out to her mother, and Odile is tired of pretending. She moves out to give
Sacha time on her own to come out to her family, or she's leaving for good. This
finally kicks Sacha into taking a trip back to Belgium, where she also comes clean
about the fact that although the family thinks they have been sacrificing to support
her while she is in medical school, she actually quit long ago. What she finds
is that the members of her family like to live without facing reality. They don't
discuss anything of substance with one another, and all have secrets. Her mother
(Hélène Vincent) has breast cancer but has told no one else. Her
father (Christian Crahay) is hiding the family's money problems, and her grandmother
(Tsilla Chelton) reveals that she's still looking for the traveling salesman from
Paris who promised to return for her one day long ago. Sister Elisa (Mimie
Mathy), a dwarf, believes she is adopted and has been secretly searching for her
birth mother. She is finally able to let go of her resentment for Sacha. It's
a portrait of a family full of quirks, and in the end, they all love and understand
one another so much more. And Odile? She arrives for a happy ending as well. Although
a coming out tale, the focus of the film is on family relationships. Written
and directed by lesbian Chris Vander Stappen (Ma vie en rose). |
