Synopsis
Rejeanne and Gilles are a married couple whose devastating setbacks--she is laid off from her job and he suffers a debilitating stroke--only begin to fester in the face of corporate greed and personal struggles when they attempt to start over in a new neighborhood.
Key facts
Cast
Annick Bergeron, Céline-Marie Bouchard, Martin Champagne, Jasmine Dubé, René-Daniel Dubois, Carmen Ferlan, Évelyne Gélinas, Yael Guazo
Original language
French
Production companies
Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles
Distributors
FILMS SÉVILLE
Broadcasters
SOCIÉTÉ RADIO-CANADA, SUPER ÉCRAN
Funding
CANADA. CRÉDIT D'IMPÔT POUR LA PRODUCTION CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE OU MAGNÉTOSCOPIQUE CANADIENNE, HAROLD GREENBERG FUND / LE FONDS HAROLD GREENBERG, QUÉBEC. CRÉDIT D'IMPÔT CINÉMA ET TÉLÉVISION, SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES, SOCIÉTÉ RADIO-CANADA, SUPER ÉCRAN, TÉLÉFILM CANADA
Setting
Quebec
Crew
Screenplay
Bernard Émond
Producer
Bernadette Payeur
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Editing
Louise Côté
Music
Robert Marcel Lepage
Stills
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | CONTRE TOUTE ESPÉRANCE | French |
| Alternate title | Summit Circle | |
| Alternate title | Against all hopes |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Bernard Émond |
| Cast | Annick Bergeron, Céline-Marie Bouchard, Martin Champagne, Jasmine Dubé, René-Daniel Dubois, Carmen Ferlan, Évelyne Gélinas, Yael Guazo, Josée Guindon, Serge Houde, Guy Jodoin, Gildor Roy, Carmen Sylvestre, Guylaine Tremblay, Caroline Dardenne |
| Screenplay | Bernard Émond |
| Producer | Bernadette Payeur |
| Cinematography | Jean-Claude Labrecque |
| Editing | Louise Côté |
| Music | Robert Marcel Lepage |
| Production design | Gaudeline Sauriol |
| Sound | Bernard Gariépy-Strobl, Martin Allard, Hugo Brochu, Marcel Chouinard |
| Costumes | Sophie Lefebvre |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
