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Covered in blood, Réjeanne Poulin is in a near comatose state as she, a suspect, is being questioned by the police into the death of her husband, Gilles Dubuc, whose gunshot dead body was found in their home. After she is transferred to a... See more »

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Réjeanne Poulin
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Gilles Dubuc
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Claude
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Lieutenant Allard
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Jean-Pierre Deniger
Jasmine Dubé ...
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Superviseure de Canaworld
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Gérante World Mart
Josée Guindon ...
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Madame Lefevre
Yael Guazo ...
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Patrone de Traiteur (as Carmen Ferlan)
Martin Champagne ...
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Céline-Marie Bouchard ...
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Invitée de le Réception
Tony Robinow ...
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Frédéric Angers ...
Policier
Manon Vallée ...
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Téléphoniste en Colère (as Geneviève St-Louis)
Mélanie Desjardins Chevaudier ...
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Agent d'Immeubles
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Chente á la Station Service
Daniel Ménard ...
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Policier de l'Identité Judiciaire
Gilberte Chiasson ...
Infirmière de Gilles
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Danielle Robert ...
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Marjorie Vaillancourt ...
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Marjorie-Aline Pinsonneault ...
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Françoise Lemaître-Auger ...
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Jessie Chamberland ...
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Anne-Sophie Quemener ...
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Vincent Wener ...
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Carole Samson ...
Infirmière de Réjeanne
Bruce Dyotte ...
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Linda Sauvé ...
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Serveur (as Maxime Girard Tremblay)
Emma Stevens ...
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Douglas Hooper ...
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André Delage ...
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Pierre Gaudette ...
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Pascale Devigne ...
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Louise Hélène Lacasse ...
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Bernard Émond

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Bernard Émond ... (screenplay)

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Bernadette Payeur ... producer

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Robert Marcel Lepage

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Jean-Claude Labrecque

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Louise Coté ... (as Louise Côté)

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Marie-Jan Seille

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Gaudeline Sauriol

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Sophie Lefebvre

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Sylvie De Grandpré ... production manager

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Nancy Gauthier ... second assistant director

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Claude Beaucage ... swing
Christian Corvellec ... head painter
Frédéric Devost ... set dresser

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Martin Allard ... sound
Karim Blondy ... assistant re-recording mixer
Hugo Brochu ... sound
Marcel Chouinard ... sound
Bernard Gariépy Strobl ... re-recording mixer
Marie-Eve Livernoche ... dialogue editor
Vincent Riendeau ... assistant re-recording mixer
Lise Wedlock ... foley artist

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Guillaume Murray ... special effects supervisor

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Patrice Houx ... gaffer
Stephan Menghi ... camera operator
Henri Normand ... additional lighting technician

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Isabel Poulin ... costume assistant

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Alain Bourassa ... on-set playback
Jean-Francois Hall ... figurant

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Covered in blood, Réjeanne Poulin is in a near comatose state as she, a suspect, is being questioned by the police into the death of her husband, Gilles Dubuc, whose gunshot dead body was found in their home. After she is transferred to a psychiatric hospital and as the police investigate the death, Réjeanne and Gilles' story is told in flashback starting approximately two years earlier when they, then a telephone operator and a long haul trucker respectively both who were making a decent living, bought their modest dream house in idyllic Beloeil, Québec, just outside of Montréal. Their world as they know it starts to disintegrate first when Gilles suffers a stroke. Although Réjeanne can handle the additional work during his recuperation, it's his despondent nature that is more difficult with which to deal. Her already resulting fragile mental state takes a further hit due to some corporate restructuring in her company. These events in combination lead to Réjeanne and Gilles dealing with their lives, both individually and in combination, the only way they know how. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Summit Circle (Canada, English title)
  • 破灭的追求 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Contro ogni speranza (Italy)
  • Summit Circle (Sweden)
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