Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?
Geneviève Bujold
as Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
Marthe Keller
as Catherine Mercier
Johanne McKay
as Marie-Alexandrine (adolescente)
Marie Guillard
as Catherine (adolescente)
Michel Rivard
as Denis Lajeunesse
Rita Lafontaine
as Madame Brabant
Véronique Le Flaguais
as Mme Michaud
Jean-Louis Roux
as Père Berube
Patrice Bissonnette
as Michel Simard
Rosa Zacharie
as Françoise Simard
Jean-René Ouellet
as Jacques
François Dompierre
as Chef d'orchestre concert Catherine
