20h17 rue Darling/8:17 p.m. Darling Street (2003)

A former journalist, three times divorced, Gerard is now a member of Alcoholics Anonymous who lives in a small apartment on Darling Street. By a combination of circumstances, he isn't home when his building explodes one evening, causing the death of six people. Moved by the fact that he has escaped death, Gerard finds his old journalistic instincts returning and decides to research his dead neighbors' past to understand what occured, but also to give meaning to this terrible event.

Gerard doit la vie a un lacet detache. Revenu vivre dans le quartier Hochelaga de son enfance, alcoolique anonyme, journaliste de faits divers retire du metier, grace a ce lacet detache, il arrive chez lui juste apres l’explosion de son immeuble. Il y a eux six victimes et lui est en vie. Ce coup du destin le ramene a ses reflexes de journaliste et l’entraine dans une serie de questions. Pourquoi ses voisins sont-ils morts? Pourquoi pas lui? Que vient-il de se produire? Quel est le sens de sa vie de rescape du hasard? Il fouille les decombres de l’immeuble et le passe des victimes. Il est obsede par une enquete qui le mene jusqu’a Maniwaki.

Director: Bernard Emond
Stars: Luc Picard, Guylaine Tremblay and Diane Lavallee
Production land: Canada
Premiere Date: 4 April 2003 Canada
IMDb - 7.0 (236 votes)