The Torrent

The Torrent

152 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 2012

It’s 1922 in the Quebec countryside, and Claudine Perreault has big plans for her son, François. He’ll enter the pries- thood so that God will forgive her for bearing a child out of wedlock. But 17-year-old François is dead set against joining the seminary. Enraged, Claudine strikes him so violently he goes deaf. After his mother’s death, François begins a different kind of relationship with a woman when he buys the wild and aloof young Amica from an Innu pedlar.

The Torrent

152 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 2012

The Torrent
It’s 1922 in the Quebec countryside, and Claudine Perreault has big plans for her son, François. He’ll enter the pries- thood so that God will forgive her for bearing a child out of wedlock. But 17-year-old François is dead set against joining the seminary. Enraged, Claudine strikes him so violently he goes deaf. After his mother’s death, François begins a different kind of relationship with a woman when he buys the wild and aloof young Amica from an Innu pedlar.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title Le Torrent
Directors Simon Lavoie
Writers Anne Hébert

Cast

Laurence Leboeuf

as Amica / Claudine

Dominique Quesnel

as Dominique

Anthony Therrien

as François

Marco Bacon

as Peddler

Roger Blay

as Clochard

Normand Canac-Marquis

as Headmaster

Aubert Pallascio

as Vieil instituteur

Martin Desgagné

as Jeune instituteur

Alain Gabriel

as Surveillant

David Noël

as Jeune homme du dortoir

Mario Genest

as Maquignon

Pierre Bédard

as Homme violent

Manon Payeur

as Femme protectrice

Ludovic Martineau

as Nouveau-né

Milan Martineau

as Nouveau-né

Gin Bergeron

as Femme hostile

Danièle Ledoux

as Femme hostile

Tommy Chouinard

as Villageois

Fernand Mongeau

as Villageois

Micheline Poitras

as Religisieuse

Nicole Blackburn

as Religisieuse

Johanne Loiselle

as Religisieuse