Carla Mezquita Honhon

Cerises au marasquin

On December 23, the holiday season is in full force and the destinies of strangers intertwine: a hardened bachelor wants to find love; a couple expect their first child; a singer returns to the stage after a break; a mother tries to organize the perfect Christmas; a teen carries a big secret; a man struggles with the modern world; and the new manager of a large hotel must prove her worth.

Two incarcerated women in a secured forest of the North of Quebec are subjected to hard labour of reforestation. Confronted to their body’s instrumentalisation and its underhand control, they enjoy a little area of freedom they managed to create thanks to a prison guard particularly empathetic towards them.

Marjorie, a Haitian woman in her sixties on the cusp of retirement, leaves her husband and forges new friendships to brave a new life in a world where women like her are invisible. With her daughter imploring her to stay, her husband attempting to win her back and friends encouraging her to spread her wings, Marjorie seeks to regain her independence and discover who she really is.

Antoine Meilleur is a veterinarian and star host of successful TV shows. He also owns a veterinary hospital and a veritable empire of animal products. But his whole world suddenly changes the day he is plunged into a scandal, despite himself.