A PARADISE TOO FAR

Synopsis
In the middle of winter, Samuel, a young man and his sister Émilie, both living with a slight intellectual disability, sneak away from their foster home to search for their mother who died suddenly in a road accident. On a first attempt, they will go to their mother's house only to find that she is no longer there. Subsequently, they rush into the forest in search of Matchi Manitou, the paradise of hunting and fishing, where they think they will find their mother.

Team
Screenplay: Bertrand Lachance, Denis Langlois
Music: Marc Ouellette
Artistic direction: Sylvain Lemaître
Decor: Élise Bédard
Costumes: Mélanie Garcia
Hair and makeup: Dominique T. Hasbani
Photography: Philippe Roy
Sound: Tod van Dyk, Olivier Calvert, Stéphane Bergeron
Editing: Elric Robichon
Production: Nicolas Comeau, Bertrand Lachance
Production company: 1976 Productions, Les Productions Castor & Pollux
Distribution companies: Axia Films

Distribution
Maxime Dumontier as Samuel
Marine Johnson as Emilie
Élyse Aussant as Diane
Gisèle Trépanier: Monique, the great-aunt
Denise Andrieu: Louise, the grandmother
Patrick Renaud: Jean
Brad Gros-Louis: young man #1
Akienda Lainé: young man #2
Geneviève Morin-Dupont as Carole
Michel Thériault: Gilles
Véronique Gallant: Mado, the mother
Mathieu Thibodeau: Young Samuel
Roseline Lamontagne: Young Emilie