Rotting/Loving U

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, an erudite and funny woman, dealing with an important physical handicap. Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, The Laugh 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.

Confined to a medicinal bath by a rare illness, young Ophélie dreams of walking to the moon. She lives with her mother, Madame, a fragile and obsessive puppet sustained by the letters she receives. But when a new, foul-smelling letter arrives, the delicate balance of their small world begins to crack.

An evening, Meredith goes to the house of strangers to look after a child who has not yet arrived. She decides to relax watching television, but TV seems to be stuck on an announcement, broadcast repeatedly.

Hypochondriac, germaphobe, and depressive, Jean-Marc Sumac leads a vacuum-packed life in a bland city. One morning, colorful imposters invade his neighborhood and steal his disinfectant. Determined to follow them, he will see his life changed forever.

When Jimon Sodoin loses his job at the newspaper Le Noir, he has no choice but to move into a new building with his wife Mérédith.