The Lady of Colours

The Lady of Colours

1985 · 112 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basement where, in a maze of tunnels, they founded an independent company, with its rituals, spells. A young girl, Agnes, reigns over this underground world that adults seem to tolerate.

Directed by Claude Jutra · Written by Claude Jutra

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