Movie: Le Dortoir

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Gilles Maheu
Gilles Maheu

Raymond Brisson
Raymond Brisson

Nathalie Claude
Nathalie Claude

Alain Francoeur
Alain Francoeur

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    A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.

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    1991-01-01

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    Reveal to him once again the wonderful world of his early years so full of foreboding.

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