Pierre and Elisabeth, a couple in their thirties, move with their baby into a cottage on a lake for the summer. The setting is idyllic, and the couple’s happiness seems within reach. Every day, Pierre goes to work in the city while Elisabeth rehearses for an upcoming voice recital. Despite the benevolent presence of her mother-in-law who lives in the neighbouring house, the young woman feels isolated and overwhelmed in her new role as a mother. Her entourage is concerned, but no one fully grasps the extent of Elisabeth’s distress. Muted violence soon takes hold and tightens its grip.

The reality of addiction in a tough-minded docudrama set in the bleak milieu of hustlers and junkies in Montreal.

film directed by Rodrigue Jean

A man helps a woman escape from a psychiatric hospital, they then embark on a somber and sleazy road trip to nowhere. Along the way they encounter a variety of folks who also are all crazy. In all fairness the plot kind of plods along in parts, it could have been a half an hour or so shorter.

An intimate and unflinching look over 12 months at the hardscrabble lives of hustlers in downtown Montreal.