Jean, in his fifties, no longer has any taste for life.
He leaves Montreal for a distant country that is emerging from war and where he wishes to end his life.
But nothing happens as he had planned... His despair seems derisory in the eyes of the survivors of this country.
Thanks to all the encounters he will make, he will find his place and start living again.
Born in Switzerland, Léa Pool has lived in Quebec since 1975 and has written and directed numerous fiction and documentary films, shorts and features for cinema and television since The Woman in the Hotel, which won several awards at various international festivals.
In 1986, Léa Pool gained international recognition with Anne Trister, the last part of her triptych on the difficult quest for female identity, which was selected in official competition at the Berlinale and at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 1988, À corps perdu confirmed her important place in Canadian and international cinema.
In the early 1990's, her 4th and 5th feature films, La Demoiselle sauvage and Mouvements du désir received several awards such as the Super Écran Award for Best Feature Film and Best Artistic Contribution (photography) and prestigious Genie Award nominations. Léa Pool returned to Sundance with Mouvements du désir, nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
In 1999 Take Me Home was a huge success, both critically and popularly. The Berlinale awarded it the Special Ecumenical Jury Prize and Toronto (TIFF) the Special Jury Prize. In Switzerland, the film won the Best Feature Film Award, and the Prix du Québec awarded several prizes for acting and artistic direction.
Four feature films later, and numerous festival selections, in 2015 The Passion of Augustine was a big success in theaters and remains to this day Léa Pool's film with the highest number of admissions in Canada and internationally.
Her last film, And at the Worst, We'll Get Married, was selected several times and premiered at the Zurich Festival in 2017.
