The Time Thief

November. 19,2021      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

Jade Charbonneau as  Bernadette
Marc Messier as  Méo / Docteur Cossette
Céline Bonnier as  La Stroop / Infirmière
Guillaume Cyr as  Riopel / Forgeron / Livreur de pharmacie
Émile Proulx-Cloutier as  Toussaint Brodeur / Livreur de fleurs
Marie-Ève Beauregard as  Lurette
Pier-Luc Funk as  Curé Neuf
Sonia Cordeau as  Jeannette Brodeur
Geneviève Schmidt as  Madame Gélinas
Oscar Desgagnés as  Petit Fred

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