Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes (2008)
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François Papineau, Sylvie Moreau, Georges Aubin, Alfred Adderly, Ben Gibson
A fraudster fleeing north records a confession and financial lessons for his young daughters while awaiting escape to the Bahamas.
The story
Facing prison for defrauding several small-time savers, Vincent Lemieux flees to the Far North, where a plane is supposed to carry him to the Bahamas. He records a message for his two young daughters, sometimes trying to justify his actions and sometimes explaining the basics of finance. At his first stopover, he learns the pilot will not arrive until the next day. Vincent sets out to hunt ptarmigan, but while trying to retrieve one of his kills, he slips down a slope. He then makes his way through the snow toward the road, continuing his recorded dialogue with his daughters and telling them stories about his alter ego, “P’tit Sicotte.”
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Facing prison for a hundred-million-dollar fraud against several small-time savers, Vincent Lemieux flees to the Far North, where a plane awaits to take him to the Bahamas. Equipped with a digital camera, he records his testimony for his two beloved little girls, trying at times to justify what he did and at others to explain the basics of finance to them. When he learns, upon reaching his first stopover, that the pilot will not arrive until the following day, Vincent sets out to hunt ptarmigan, a northern bird. But as he tries to retrieve one of his kills, he slips down a slope. As he makes his way through the snow to climb back up to the road, the fraudster continues his dialogue with his daughters, also telling them the fabulous adventures of his alter ego, “P’tit Sicotte.”
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