The Torrent (2012)
It’s 1922 in the Quebec countryside, and Claudine Perreault has big plans for her son, François. He’ll enter the priesthood 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 peddler.
- Released
- 2012-10-26
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 152 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Simon Lavoie
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon as François
- 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