Mon amie Max

Mon amie Max

106 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 1994

Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?

Mon amie Max

106 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 1994

Mon amie Max
Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers
Original title Mon amie Max
Directors Michel Brault
Writers Guy Fournier, Jefferson Lewis

Cast

Geneviève Bujold

as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant

Marthe Keller

as Catherine Mercier

Johanne McKay

as Marie-Alexandrine (adolescente)

Marie Guillard

as Catherine (adolescente)

Michel Rivard

as Denis Lajeunesse

Rita Lafontaine

as Madame Brabant

Véronique Le Flaguais

as Mme Michaud

Jean-Louis Roux

as Père Berube

Patrice Bissonnette

as Michel Simard

Rosa Zacharie

as Françoise Simard

Jean-René Ouellet

as Jacques

François Dompierre

as Chef d'orchestre concert Catherine

Ari Snyder

as Leopold Schneider

Michael Sinelnikoff

as Professeur du Conservatoire

Jeanne Quintal Beaulieu

as Directrice du Conservatoire

Michel Daigle

as Fermier

Marie-Hélène Poulin

as Fermiere

Jerzy Kowal

as Repetiteur italien

Michel Beauchemin

as Raymond, le serveur

Denise Dubois

as Dame, ex-clinique Mathieu

Muriel Dutil

as Dame, Grope d'Entre-aide

André Cote

as Commentateur sportif

Claude Bédard

as Analyste sportif

Dominic E. Lévesque

as Eddie, client bar

Sylvain Rocheleau

as Ami de Michel #1

François Dupuy

as Ami de Michel #2

Claude Gagnon

as Ami de Michel #3

Michel Duplat

as Monsieur Mecier

Ginette Hébert

as Receptionniste

Lise Charbonneau

as Animatrice, Groupe d'Entre-aide

Monique Chentrier

as Religieuse

Martin Choquette

as Simon

Pierre Leblanc

as Travailleur social