Laughter

As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as an orderly, she befriends Jeanne, an erudite and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap. Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, The Laugh presents a humane exploration of the survivor’s syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.

• Martin LarocheDirector
• Martin LarocheWriter

• Léane Labrèche-DorValérie
• Micheline LanctôtJeanne
• Alexandre LandryGabriel
• Sylvie DrapeauLa Présidente
• Normand DaoustLe soldat
• Sophie ClémentAlice
• Jean-Sébastien CourchesneSamuel
• Catherine Proulx-LemayL'amie
• Évelyne RompréDirectrice des RH
• Christine BeaulieuSylvie
• Evelyne de la ChenelièreFlorence
• Frédéric Millaire-ZouviPréposé aux bénéficiaires