The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
Drama · Romance
Overview
On 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.
Cast
- 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