The Torrent (2012)
It’s 1922 in the Quebec countryside, and Claudine Perreault has big plans for her son, François. He’ll enter the priesthood so that God will forgive her for bearing a child out of wedlock. But 17-year-old François is dead set against joining the seminary. Enraged, Claudine strikes him so violently he goes deaf. After his mother’s death, François begins a different kind of relationship with a woman when he buys the wild and aloof young Amica from an Innu peddler.
Director: Simon Lavoie
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Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon as François |
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Laurence Leboeuf as Amica / Claudine |
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Dominique Quesnel as Dominique |
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Anthony Therrien as François |
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Marco Bacon as Peddler |
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Roger Blay as Clochard |
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Normand Canac-Marquis as Headmaster |
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Aubert Pallascio as Vieil instituteur |
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Martin Desgagné as Jeune instituteur |
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Alain Gabriel as Surveillant |
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David Noël as Jeune homme du dortoir |
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Mario Genest as Maquignon |
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Pierre Bédard as Homme violent |
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Manon Payeur as Femme protectrice |
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Ludovic Martineau as Nouveau-né |
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Milan Martineau as Nouveau-né |
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Gin Bergeron as Femme hostile |
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Danièle Ledoux as Femme hostile |
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Tommy Chouinard as Villageois |
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Fernand Mongeau as Villageois |
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Micheline Poitras as Religisieuse |
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Nicole Blackburn as Religisieuse |
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Johanne Loiselle as Religisieuse |
| Writing | Anne Hébert | Writer |
| Sound | Normand Corbeil | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Simon Lavoie | Director |
| Production | Nancy Grant | Associate Producer |
| Art | Éric Barbeau | Production Design |
| Camera | Mathieu Laverdière | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Luc Boudrias | Sound |
| Sound | Marcel Chouinard | Sound |
| Sound | Patrice LeBlanc | Sound Designer |
