Champlain Film Festival: Sisters and Neighbors/Nos Belles-Soeurs

Directed by Richard Syr. 135 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles.

Germaine Lauzon, a housewife, wins a million trading stamps that she believes will give her access to the happiness and new world she’s been dreaming of for so long. She invites her sisters, sisters-in-law and neighbours to a party to help her glue the stamps, but her joy and pleasure will make some people jealous.

Based on the smash hit play by Michel Tremblay.