Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful

Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful

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2024
1h 39m
7.4(6 votes)
Drama

Overview

Brother Marie-Victorin was 46 when he met 23-year-old Marcelle Gauvreau. Both have been close to death and share the same love of God and Nature. He becomes her teacher, later she becomes his assistant. Their friendship evolves. Marie-Victorin offers Marcelle different readings on sexuality that she hastens to comment on from her own intimate experiences. In an epistolary exchange that will last until the death of Marie-Victorin, they explore human desires and "biology without a veil". This great chaste love, the love of Quebec's flora, pushes them to question their own relationship with love and Nature.

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Cast & Crew

42 members
Acting

Alexandre Goyette

Frère Marie-Victorin / Antoine

Alexandre Goyette
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Mylène Mackay

Marcelle Gauvreau / Roxanne

Mylène Mackay
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Rachel Graton

Rita Simard / Catherine

Rachel Graton
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Francis Ducharme

Frère Léo / Michel

Francis Ducharme
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Sylvie Moreau

Sœur Marie-des-Anges / Louise

Sylvie Moreau
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Marianne Farley

Marianne Molnar

Marianne Farley
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Vincent Graton

Dr. Joseph Gauvreau

Vincent Graton
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Geneviève Langlois

Augustine Gauvreau

Geneviève Langlois
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Ariane Castellanos

Lydia

Ariane Castellanos
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Kim Despatis

Janine

Kim Despatis
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Éva Tanoni

Antonia Gauvreau

Éva Tanoni
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Lilas-Rose Cantin

Jacqueline Lalonde

Lilas-Rose Cantin
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Jacob Beaudry

Guy Gauvreau

Jacob Beaudry
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Catherine Boily

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

Catherine Boily
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Charlie Fleurant

Marguerite Gauvreau

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Alex Dupras

Louis Gauvreau

Alex Dupras
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Julien Claessens

Alexandre Gauvreau

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Xavier Malo

Élève

Xavier Malo
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Martin Gauthier

Accessoiriste film Conrad et Marcelle

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Veronika Molnar

Scripte film Conrad et Marcelle

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Camera

Delphine Plante-Thibeault

Assistante caméra film Conrad et Marcelle (voice)

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Guy Charlebois

Léo Pariseau

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Antoine S. Bonetto

Camillien Houde

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Vincent Lafrance

Frère Rolland Germain

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Christophe LaPier

Architecte

Christophe LaPier
Directing

Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

Rosanna Sauvé

Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
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Éric Parenteau

Assistant réalisateur film Conrad et Marcelle

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Nancy Paula Velázquez

Patronne lupanar

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Ariane Castellanos

Danseuse cubaine Lydia

Ariane Castellanos
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Roberta Arguello

Danseuse cubaine Mary

Roberta Arguello
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Roger Frappier

Frère Léon

Roger Frappier
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Alejandro Palmarola

Botaniste cubain

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Yoander Figueroa

Fils de Lydia

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Sound

Francis Péloquin

Preneur de son film Conrad et Marcelle

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Hélène Simard

Habilleuse film Conrad et Marcelle

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Mégane Forest

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

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Ulysse Michaud

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

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Zaya Michaud

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

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Victor Bengle

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

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Béatrice Dumas-Frappier

Enfant - Concours d'herbiers

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Vanessa Fortin

Sœur à cornette

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Jade Tessier

Sœur à cornette

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