Drama | Fantasy | Canada | French w/Eng subs | 117min | Director: Gilles Carle
Cast: Carole Laure, Raymond Cloutier, Reynald Bouchard, Carmen Giroux, Gaetan Guimond, J. Léo Gagnon, Anne-Marie Ducharme, Renée Girard, Denys Arcand, Yves Massicotte
The demands of her family and the stress of daily life drive the mind of a woman into permanent fantasy as a way to cope.
Normande St. Onge (Carole Laure) works as a clerk in a pharmacy and takes dance classes with the dream of being a cabaret dancer.
Her mother, Berthe (Renée Girard), has been confined to a mental institution by Normande's uncle.
But Normande, who does not believe her mother is insane, kidnaps her from the institution and brings her home.
This and other events will finally push Normande herself into insanity.
aka - The Head Of Normande St-Onge" and "Normande