Completed - FRENCH-CANADIAN, ENGLISH - Thriller, Horror, Experimental - 111 minutes
In a prison of the near future, elderly Quebecois political prisoners serve life sentences. These men and women die one by one under mysterious circumstances in their respective cells.
Year of production : 2024 Director(s) : Simon LAVOIE Writer(s) : Simon LAVOIE Cast : Jean-François CASABONNE, Fayolle JEAN, Louise LAPRADE, Pascale BUSSIÈRES, Sébastien RICARD Producer(s) : Simon LAVOIE, Marcel GIROUX (GPA Films), Paul CADIEUX (Megafun Productions)
In a prison of the near future, elderly Quebecois political prisoners serve life sentences. These men and women die one by one under mysterious circumstances; their jailers find them in the morning, lifeless, seated on the toilet of their respective cells. It is soon understood that these deaths are all connected to the youngest prisoner in the wing, Inmate 973 (55 years old), and the strange taenia solium (tapeworm) he carries within himself. Appearing before a judge, denying any political conviction, Inmate 973 is eventually released. Once outside, he realizes that the world he once knew has changed. He no longer recognizes his city, nor does he understand its language. Reconnecting with political resistants, he quickly learns that they want to extract the enormous worm, which they believe holds the Psychés, the memory, and knowledge of their "martyrs". But the creature itself seems to have not been consulted and decides otherwise...
Country(ies) : CANADA
Rendez-vous Quebec Cinema 2024 (World Premiere)