The Woman Who Drinks

The Woman Who Drinks

2001•1h 31m•6.4/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(11)

On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for alcoholism, it fascinates me because of the revolt it underpins, and revolts me because of the unhappiness it creates around itself.

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Production

ACPAV

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Élise Guilbault

Élise Guilbault

Paulette

Luc Picard

Luc Picard

Frank

Michel Forget

Michel Forget

Joe Belley

Fanny Mallette

Fanny Mallette

Young Paulette

Laurent Lacoursière

René

Gilles Renaud

Gilles Renaud

Brunelle

Lise Castonguay

Lise Castonguay

Yvonne

Alexandrine Agostini

Alexandrine Agostini

Aline

Roch Aubert

Roch Aubert

Policier

Patrice Robitaille

Patrice Robitaille

Invitée, Joueur de cartes

Linda Sauvé

Invitée

Denis Gravereaux

Invité

Sylvie Pouliot

Invitée

Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Religieuse

Elodie Goulet

René (bébé)

Dominic Desmeules

Caroline Lavigne

Caroline Lavigne

Marc Paquet

Marc Paquet

Michel Tesserault

Stéphane Séguin

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