Les Êtres chers

Protected by his well-intentioned siblings from the truth about his father's death, the sensitive David (Maxim Gaudette) has grown into a loving husband and father of two, living a seemingly fulfilling life in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. But as the years go by, his relationship with his wilder brother toughens and his kids grow into young adulthood. David begins to struggle with an insuppressible melancholia that gradually threatens to engulf him. Meanwhile, when his daughter Laurence (Karelle Tremblay, a 2015 TIFF Rising Star) begins to recognize herself in her father, she sees that she'll need to reckon with her emotional inheritance if she is to break the cycle and take on the future. (Toronto International Film Festival)