The Woman Who Drinks
2001On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for alcoholism, it fascinates me because of the revolt it underpins, and revolts me because of the unhappiness it creates around itself.
Acted in
Élise Guilbault
as Paulette
Luc Picard
as Frank
Michel Forget
as Joe Belley
Fanny Mallette
as Young Paulette
Laurent Lacoursière
as René
Gilles Renaud
as Brunelle
Lise Castonguay
as Yvonne
Alexandrine Agostini
as Aline
Roch Aubert
as Policier
Patrice Robitaille
as Invitée, Joueur de cartes
Linda Sauvé
as Invitée
Denis Gravereaux
as Invité
Sylvie Pouliot
as Invitée
Marie-Hélène Montpetit
as Religieuse
Elodie Goulet
as René (bébé)