For his first animation of a Carte blanche Just for Laughs, Jean-Thomas Jobin relies on an unexpected ally, the drag-queen Rita Baga. On stage, their worlds will coexist and intertwine. A meeting between “absurdity and flamboyance” which promises to surprise

The documentary looks back on the evolution and key moments of black humour in Quebec.

Montreal, Winter 2002. Stéphane, 19 years old, fan of Metal, student in graphic design, dreams of becoming an illustrator. But for months he has been caught in a threatening spiral: he is addicted to games. Indebted, without an apartment, avoiding his friends to whom he owes money, Stéphane takes a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant in a major Italian restaurant in Montreal in order to get by. There, he will meet Bébert, a cook who burns the candle at both ends, and Greg, a waiter with disreputable actions. Will Stéphane make it through this new job or will he fall into a downward spiral of bad choices?

A family of dysfunctional puppets!

This documentary attempts to understand why so many comedians experience mental health issues, a condition that stands in stark contrast to their profession. Anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts: these are the heavy subjects they dare to tackle on stage. Cathy Gauthier, Coco Belliveau, Jean-François Mercier, Mario Jean, Maude Landry, Preach and Simon Gouache testify.

The experience of 2nd generation immigrants, people who are born and raised in a country different than the one their parents were born in. The identity issues they face within a multicultural country.