Marika Lhoumeau

1979. Donald Lavoie is a fearsome hitman who works under the orders of Claude Dubois, head of the Montreal South-West mob. Donald is tasked to take under his wing new recruit Serge Rivard, a hotheaded small-time crook who soon compromises him in a botched double murder. Donald avoids justice thanks to the Dubois clan's lawyers, but this is only a temporary setback for Detective Sergeant Roger Burns, who wants to convince Lavoie to become an informer.

Lou is seventeen and thinks she has her life under control. On her prom night, she decides to run away from her father and her stable life. She seems to be keeping it together, until she comes head to head with a strange woman that has been stalking her through the halls of the school. Losing her composure, Lou spirals and starts to question everything.

Like many happy people, Bruno Hamel is leading an uneventful life until one afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime.

A strange Romanian trying to enter Canada is confronted by an overzealous customs officer and his curiously cooperative colleague.

A nurse working in a center for the disabled is confronted to his principles when he's asked to accomplish a particular task.

Marie-Helene, a distinguished but neurotic woman, goes to her first appointment with a reputable psychologist. Wanting to prove that she doesn't really need a shrink, she ridicules everything inside the doctor's office. But soon, she goes from a sense of superiority to a total collapse in how others see her. It's clear - she'll have to spend a lot of time in the doctor's lazyboy.

Ariane lives in the same rented apartment she lived in as a student. She loves her neighborhood, its residents and shop owners. One day, she receives notice from her landlord that she has to leave. Total shock! She has six months. Her Parisian girlfriend follows the sad story at a distance while her friends, Mireille, Charles and Louise, rally to help her sort her things. Meanwhile, rents in the area have skyrocketed in this highly sought-after neighborhood. What to do? She must resolve to look farther afield.

The mysterious disappearance of a man affects the lives of four different people, all living in loneliness in the suburbs of Quebec: the wife of the missing person, an aging ex-gambler, a young receptionist who want to share her life with somebody, and a father looking to help his family.

Romaine, a tall thirty-year-old woman, has not found herself yet. She has been living for several years with her boyfriend Justin. When, overnight, the latter drags her after him to Canada in order to start a new life, she blows smoke. Not only does she hate surprises but she is scared to death of taking the plane. Once in Montréal Airport, she dumps Justin after confessing to him things he would rather not have heard. Her Far North adventures can start...

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, six people become suspicious about a stranger in their neighborhood.