La Vie dure

Tonight, it will probably be the storm of the century. As the snow begins to fall and the wind becomes threatening, a writer goes from café to café, listens and observes. Some people laugh, others cry, some cheat their solitude in the illusion of the crowd, and others cut themselves off from the world to enjoy a moment of happiness. But the storm became violent and nature, angry, forced men and women to face their lives. Among them, six paths stand out: Thomas, who wants to die on Mount Royal and fights hand-to-hand against his survival instinct; an older man, at the end of his life, who comes to say goodbye to books; Suzanne who loses her husband, her executioner; Fire, the arsonist, who is consumed in prison; a man who writes to his wife his amazement at being alive and in love; a young woman raped who tries to escape her suffering by climbing the mountain where she is insane. The sky may be angry; nothing is more poignant than these emotional storms that shake people's hearts. Thomas, Suzanne, Fire and all the anonymous people who meet the writer's gaze and imagination permeate and comfort our souls because they are each a part of us.