Une vie qui commence is a 2010 Canadian

Canada

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 French language

French language

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 drama film set in the sixties directed and written by Michel Monty

Michel Monty

Michel Monty is a Canadian film writer, director, editor and actor mostly for television. His first long feature became Une vie qui commence. The film opened for the film festival Cinéma du Québec à Paris....

, his debut long feature.

Plot

Following the death of his doctor father (François Papineau) from an overdose of prescription drugs, 12-year-old Étienne Charles-Antoine Perreault starts down the same path in an obsessive attempt to both replace and honor his memory.

Cast

• Charles-Antoine Perreault: Étienne Langevin (the son)
• François Papineau: Jacques Langevin (father)
• Julie LeBreton
  Julie LeBreton
  Julie Le Breton is a French Canadian actress born in Quebec. She predominantly appears in French spoken television series and films.-Biography:...
  
  : Louise Langevin (mother)
• Raymond Cloutier: Guy Langevin (grandfather)
• Rita Lafontaine: grandmother
• Juliette Vernes-Monty:Marie-Ève
• Mathis Brisson: Martin
• Éliane Préfontaine: Patricia
• Étienne Soucy-Lord: Michel Meilleur
• Yves Sauvé: Michel Monty

External links

• Cent milliards de neurones offre les années 1960 sans nostalgie