Movie Drama
Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.
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Nahéma Ricci Nour Belkhiria Rawad El-Zein Rachida Oussaada Hakim Brahimi Paul Doucet Antoine Desrochers Jean-Sébastien Courchesne Lise Castonguay Benoît Gouin Kathleen Fortin Sébastien Beaulac Éric Clark L. Fernando Becerra Sánchez Zalfa Chelhot Béatrice Mercier Athéna Henri Sarah Kenny Youssef Zellag Mathis Pommainville Jean-Philippe Malaket Samy Ghezali Jimmy-Joe Gebrael Ajouna Bao-Lavoie Jérémy Hurteau Lise Chenier Dominic Couture Christian Jodoin Daniel Dulac Éric Pimparé Jessica Falaise Nesrine Argoub Benmoussa Massinissa Kadri Belaid Chilka Llaziz Samuel Lamarre Stéphane Hogue Rémy-Will Nicolas Pier-Luc Lapointe Nicolas Panneton Pierre Bédard Steve Proulx Martin Desgagné Henley Coulombe André-Anne du Cap Isabelle Lavigne Martin Lefebvre Nicolas Scholtus-Champagne Patrick Choquette Lynda Gagné Karine Ricard Mathieu Ruel Berline Dorleans Valérie Mantha Catherine Larochelle Natalie Tannous Davyd Tousignant André Latour Camille Deslauriers Ménard Émilie Julien
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