The Lady of Colours

The Lady of Colours

112 mins | Drama | Jan. 29, 1985

In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basement where, in a maze of tunnels, they founded an independent company, with its rituals, spells. A young girl, Agnes, reigns over this underground world that adults seem to tolerate.

The Lady of Colours

112 mins | Drama | Jan. 29, 1985

The Lady of Colours
In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basement where, in a maze of tunnels, they founded an independent company, with its rituals, spells. A young girl, Agnes, reigns over this underground world that adults seem to tolerate.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title La dame en couleurs
Directors Claude Jutra
Writers Claude Jutra, Louise Rinfret

Cast

Charlotte Laurier

as Agnes Laberge

Gilles Renaud

as Barbouilleux

Paule Baillargeon

as Soeur Gertrude

François Méthé

as Sebastien

Mario Spénard

as Régis

Gregory Lussier

as Denis

Lisette Dufour

as Françoise

Françoise Berd

as Mme Dupuis

Muriel Dutil

as Soeur Joseph-Albert

Rita Lafontaine

as Soeur Honorine

Nicole LeBlanc

as Soeur Béatrice

Ginette Boivin

as Soeur Ste-Anne

Monique Mercure

as Soeur Supérieure

Rolland D'Amour

as L'abbé Ménard

Johanne Harelle

as Soeur Julienne

Sylvie Heppel

as Soeur Ste-Marie

Hubert Loiselle

as Le docteur Dubé

Christine Olivier

as Soeur Hélène

Gisèle Schmidt

as Mme Grégoire

Patricia Nolin

as Agnès à 40 ans

Claude Desjardins

as Un patient