Novena

Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.

Cast

Élise Guilbault

as Jeanne

Patrick Drolet

as François

Marie-Josée Bastien

as Bénévole refuge

Claude Binet

as M. Tremblay

Luc Bourgeois

as Urgentologue

Lise Castonguay

as Thérèse

Richard Champagne

as Agent de sécurité

Pierre Collin

as Prêtre confident

Benoît Dagenais

as Docteur Langlais

Stéphane Demers

as Mari de Lise

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