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What Are We Doing Here? (2014)

What Are We Doing Here? poster
Original title
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ici?
Directed by
Julie Hivon
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
G
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A car accident kills a young man in his 20s. The film follows his group of friends as they struggle to cope with the sudden loss.

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What happens

What Are We Doing Here? (French: Qu’est-ce qu’on fait ici ?) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Julie Hivon and released in 2014. The film centres on a group of friends in their 20s whose lives are shattered when one of them, Yan (Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi), dies in a car accident. The film stars Charles-Alexandre Dubé as Simon, Joëlle Paré Beaulieu as Roxanne, Maxime Dumontier as Max, Sophie Desmarais as Lily, Marie-Soleil Dion as Rosalie, and Guylaine Tremblay as Roxanne's mother Nicole. The film was shot in 2013, primarily in Saint-Amable and Granby, Quebec. Paré-Beaulieu received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 17th Jutra Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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