Filmoption international, Les films du Paria and MAX Films unveil this Friday the trailer forAbabouiné17e film by André Forcier.
Written with François P. Forcier, Laurie Perron and Jean Boileau, based on an original idea by the filmmaker, Ababouiné takes us to 1957 in the Faubourg à m’lasse, a former district of Center-South Montreal.
Suffering from poliomyelitis, young Michel Paquette (Rémi Brideau) prefers to read poetry published by Saint-Amour et fille rather than going to Sunday mass.
The 12-year-old boy also helps pamphleteer Archange Saint-Amour (Gaston Lepage) with printing. Long live secular Quebecwhich had the effect of shocking the clergy.
From then on, a fierce struggle opposes the severe vicar Cotnoir (Éric Bruneau) and the anarchist teacher Rochette (Martin Dubreuil).
Ababouinéwhich arrives in theaters August 23, also stars Rémy Girard, Pascale Montpetit and Mylène Mackay.