Ababooned

Set in the Faubourg à mélasse district of Montreal, Quebec, in the 1950s, the film centres on a conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and a young team of baseball players.

Cast

Rémi Brideau

as Michel Paquette

Éric Bruneau

as Vicaire Cotnoir

Rémy Girard

as Cardinal Madore

Maïla Valentir

as Angèle Moisan

Lilou Roy-Lanouette

as Charlotte Saint-Amour

Pascale Montpetit

as Délima Paquette

Martin Dubreuil

as André Rochette

Mylène Mackay

as Rose Saint-Amour

Miguel Bédard

as Le Matou

Devi-Julia Pelletier

as Miss CKVL

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