LES ÊTRES CHERS

In the Leblanc family, everything starts with the suicide of the father, Guy, in the basement of the family home back in 1978. The tragedy is hidden from David, the most sensitive son in a family living in a gorgeous village on the Lower St. Lawrence. Without even realizing it, David embitters his brother André. Inheriting all of Guy’s tools, David becomes a puppeteer and patiently builds his own little home with his sister’s friend Marie, with whom he has two beautiful children, Laurence and Frédéric. But something unspeakable, impalpable, still hangs over their lives. And the family members, especially Laurence, have no choice but to learn how to break their chains to finally achieve happiness. After the striking Nuit#1, which revealed her raw, wild and deeply sensual talent, Anne Émond plunges headlong into this family saga, covering a period of 20 years and reaching as far as Barcelona, the better to observe the disastrous impacts of certain intangible legacies. Les êtres chers, which premiered at the most recent Locarno Festival, benefits from absorbing, emotionally rich performances by Maxim Gaudette, Mickaël Gouin, Valérie Cadieux and Karelle Tremblay.