They say hindsight is 20/20. They're not wrong. Ten years after their
parents' death in a car accident, now-grown sisters Carmen and Manon are
together for one of their rare visits - and one of them is finally ready
to confront their shared tragedy. Carmen is a boisterous
country-and-western singer who has left her home, and all her past, in
the dust. Manon lives a more sheltered life, closely aligned with the
traditions of religious Quebec, which are now - in the mid-1970s - only
beginning to come apart at the seams. Carmen is convinced it's time for
Manon to end the years of mourning, while Manon is insulted that Carmen
seems to have responded so unfeelingly to such a horror. Each sister has
kept the memory of their parents alive in her own way. In fact - here
they are, in living memory: Marie-Louise and Lèopold, the girls'
parents, are on stage simultaneously. Just beyond the ken of their
daughters, they live out their final day. As the two daughters struggle
to reconcile the events preceding the fatal crash, and as their parents
play out the culmination of their sodden marriage, we discover there is
more to the memory of that fatal day than meets the eye. And yet, can
the blame really be laid at the feet of one person? Or can a whole
socio-cultural paradigm that twist its subjects into unbearable
contortions and trap them in fear and submission, be at fault?
Cast of 3 women and 1 man.
