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After reading the comments on this film, I came to the conclusion that it is hard to get the point. Since I just had a class interview with Robert Morin, I'm able to give some specifications...

First of all, the actors are not really actors. They're real ex-junkies who accepted to give some of they're time to an incredible independent filmmaker. The script was written to give the (actors) a chance to improvise. In fact, most of the dialogs are the junkie's real opinions on life and society. Morin gave them specifications on what subject they would have to talk about but he wasn't really giving them written dialogs. The director had already experienced this kind of work in the movie La Réception. The characters in this movie are actually real ex-prisoners.

Morin always mix up reality and fiction in his (home-video) movies. Has for the amazing camera work, brilliantly handled by Jean-Pierre St-Louis, it helps Morin carry the spectators into a deeply disturbing reality. Even if it can seem a little (sketchy) for some people, this camera work is the work a genius.

In this piece of art, Morin successfully tried to expose the mind of junkies. This film is more than a movie, it's an experience into the underground world of real misery, pain and dependence...

Winner of the 1998 AQCC Prize for Best Film, this movie deserves respect and admiration. The originality of Morin's art is totally incredible. But warning : Not recommended to the easily offended... In fact, if you have ever been chocked by any movie, don't watch any film from Morin's filmography.

Robert Morin proves once against is talent for the no-budget movies... What was a personal liberation soon became another piece of art for the director. In fact, this movie wasn't supposed to be shown in public, due to his disturbing and chocking content, but mostly because of it's personal Mather. At the beginning, Morin was looking for revenge against his handicap father, who ruined his mother's life. After his mother's death, Morin had to take care of his father, who he hated since he was a kid. Physical and mental torture are the weapons that Morin uses against his unarmed father on the Christmas eve night. The personal stuff that Morin reveals to the camera is simply astonishing. After this experience, Morin was able to forgive his father and establish a truth between them. Altought this film is extremely provocative, I think it's a must see for everyone who had ever felt rage against is father or against a handicap person...