Micheline Lanctôt, Christine Beaulieu, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Alexandre Landry,
Martin Laroche,
Mixing realism and worrying strangeness, Le Rire presents a humane exploration of the survivor's syndrome, the grieving process, the distance of time, the power of love, and the joy of being alive.
Would-be filmmaker Sophie left Africa for Canada as a child. After graduating, she films the daily doings as part of a summer job at a fair. When pointing the camera at herself, she reveals painful secrets from the past..