Rudi Duperré

The appearance of strange, luminous clouds over Montreal plunges the city into mass insomnia. Camille, an overprotective young mother, and Philippe, her stubbornly optimistic boyfriend, find themselves at the heart of this disconcerting world where sleep deprivation begins to erode minds. They will have to fight to distinguish reality from illusion as their escalating hallucinations and creeping paranoia transform their lives into a waking nightmare.

A fantasy anthology of 15 segments each dealing with a specific neighbourhood of Montreal and its signature idiosyncrasies. This terrifying tour-of-the-town captures neighbourhoods, buildings and iconic locations from North America's Amsterdam, shedding the straightforward storyline for a narrative melting-pot filled with demons, shadowy humanoids and disgusting otherworldly beings.

Hector and Camille live a routine life in Montreal. Their life will be turned upside down when a strange bomb explodes over the city. They realize a couple of days later than no one in the city has managed to sleep since the incident.

Abandoned by her mother in a group home of the DPJ, Émilie (13) tries to flee her new reality. Influenced by the people she meets on her getaway, her ray of hope lies in learning a musical instrument.

A young man meets another one in a bar and their relationship winds up in a one-night stand. But under the sheets, it may be when skins touch that loneliness is the deepest. Through this fleeting maelstrom of flesh and men that are all alike, each one seeks to be someone.

The appearance of strange, luminous clouds over Montreal plunges the city into mass insomnia. Camille, an overprotective young mother, and Philippe, her stubbornly optimistic boyfriend, find themselves at the heart of this disconcerting world where sleep deprivation begins to erode minds. They will have to fight to distinguish reality from illusion as their escalating hallucinations and creeping paranoia transform their lives into a waking nightmare.

The appearance of strange, luminous clouds over Montreal plunges the city into mass insomnia. Camille, an overprotective young mother, and Philippe, her stubbornly optimistic boyfriend, find themselves at the heart of this disconcerting world where sleep deprivation begins to erode minds. They will have to fight to distinguish reality from illusion as their escalating hallucinations and creeping paranoia transform their lives into a waking nightmare.