Mon amie Max

Mon amie Max

1994 · 106 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?

Directed by Michel Brault · Written by Guy Fournier

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Geneviève Bujold Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
Marthe Keller Catherine Mercier
Johanne McKay Marie-Alexandrine (adolescente)
Marie Guillard Catherine (adolescente)
Michel Rivard Denis Lajeunesse
Rita Lafontaine Madame Brabant
Véronique Le Flaguais Mme Michaud
Jean-Louis Roux Père Berube
Patrice Bissonnette Michel Simard
Rosa Zacharie Françoise Simard
Jean-René Ouellet Jacques
François Dompierre Chef d'orchestre concert Catherine

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