Taking the Plunge

Taking the Plunge

Part of Taking the Plunge Collection

2007•2h 0m•5.7/10

ComedyDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(14)

After 5 years, 16-year-old Gaby Roberge, returned to Sainte-Victoire High School with a rebellious air and a dirty attitude. Gaby can't stop thinking about graduating and moving on to CÉGEP where she will meet more intelligent young people. Peggy Lamothe, the school principal, decided to take Gaby under her wing so she could take advantage of her last year in college. She forces Gaby to integrate with the young people in her life and be less aggressive and more social.

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Production

Gaïa Films, Gaëa Films, Christal Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin

Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin

Gaby Roberge

Jason Roy-Léveillée

Jason Roy-Léveillée

Frédérick Bédard

Mariloup Wolfe

Mariloup Wolfe

Sandrine Meilleur

Alexandre Despatie

Alexandre Despatie

Olivier Duclos

Sylvie Moreau

Sylvie Moreau

Peggy Lamothe

Guy Jodoin

Guy Jodoin

Jean-Marc Roberge

Catherine de Léan

Catherine de Léan

Julie Hamel

Alyssa Labelle

Alyssa Labelle

Audrey Samson

Roxane Gaudette-Loiseau

Roxane Gaudette-Loiseau

Audrey Turcotte

Kim Lambert

Kim Lambert

Audrey Lambert

Samuel Landry

Samuel Landry

Vincent Roberge

Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc

Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc

Sylviane Lanois

Marina Orsini

Marina Orsini

Yaelle

James Gillis

Alex Leclerc

Maxime Desbiens-Tremblay

Maxime Desbiens-Tremblay

Maxime Jobin

Yanick Bousquet

Repéreur

Andrée Watters

Andrée Watters

Herself

Jocelyn Lebeau

Bud

Alexandre Martel

Alexandre Martel

Mud

Alexandre Beaudoin

Étudiant

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