- Fille aînée d'une famille démunie du Centre-Sud de Montréal, Monique Sparvieri jure de trouver le moyen de sortir de la misère. Abandonnée par l'amour de sa vie, Monique se retrouve à nouveau seule lorsque son second conjoint est condamn…
- A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn't seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her yout…
- Montreal, October 1970. Twelve-year-old Manon's family is on the verge of collapse; she and her little brother Mimi are about to be placed in Foster Care. Manon is incensed. Inspired by the current political crisis, she comes up with a plan and takes an old woman hostage to demand the right to choose her own future. Wi…