LAUGHTER

LE RIRE

By Martin LAROCHE

LA BOITE A FANNY - as PROD

Black comedy - Completed 2019

On the edge of science-fiction and realism, LE RIRE explores the survivor guilt phenomenon, both for the victims and persecutors, throughout love, laugh and time.

Festivals
& Awards

Fantastic Fest 2020
Victoria Film Festival 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Black comedy, Drama, Experimental
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • FRENCH-CANADIAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 124 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Martin LAROCHE
    • Writer(s)
    • Martin LAROCHE
    • Producer(s)
    • Fanny-Laure MALO (LA BOITE A FANNY)
    • Synopsis
    • As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she works as an orderly, she befriends Jeanne, a well-read and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap.

      Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, Laughter presents a humane exploration of the survivor’s syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.