The Woman Who Drinks

Overview

On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for alcoholism, it fascinates me because of the revolt it underpins, and revolts me because of the unhappiness it creates around itself.

Directed by Bernard Émond

Top cast

Élise Guilbault

Paulette

Luc Picard

Frank

Michel Forget

Joe Belley

Fanny Mallette

Young Paulette

L

Laurent Lacoursière

René

Gilles Renaud

Brunelle

Lise Castonguay

Yvonne

Alexandrine Agostini

Aline

Roch Aubert

Policier

Patrice Robitaille

Invitée, Joueur de cartes

L

Linda Sauvé

Invitée

D

Denis Gravereaux

Invité

S

Sylvie Pouliot

Invitée

Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Religieuse

E

Elodie Goulet

René (bébé)

D

Dominic Desmeules

Caroline Lavigne

Marc Paquet

M

Michel Tesserault

S

Stéphane Séguin

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