Louise Denoncourt, a parole officer, skillfully operates an experimental rehabilitation wing for criminals who have committed homicides. When she finds herself in front of Marc St-Germain, a new inmate whom her father suspects of being her mother's murderer, she embarks on a mission that quickly overwhelms her. She then puts everything at stake, even her life, in order to prevent any desire to reoffend. But will she be overtaken by the desire to avenge her family history?

The preparations for the Christmas holidays turn into a nightmare for a mother of three children of whom she shares custody with her ex-husband.

Un cyclone est un phénomène météorologique qui se produit quand on doit gérer 3 enfants, une job de travailleuse autonome, un ex et sa nouvelle blonde trop jeune, des horaires de garde, des repas, l’école, les lunchs, la nouvelle employée… Et dans l’œil de ce Cyclone se trouve Isabelle, 39 ans, mère célibataire qui a la charge mentale de tout ce beau monde en plus d’avoir à supporter une sœur meilleure qu’elle dans tout, une mère qui lui rappelle que sa sœur est meilleure qu’elle dans tout et une vie amoureuse désertique.

2012 film by Rafaël Ouellet

From the philosophy lectern to the director’s chair, Louis Godbout draws on fifteen years of profound contemplation to depict an ordinary "battle": fighting over a parking space. It all begins with one parking spot, a couple and a stranger. Calling the police fails to end the conflict, which instead escalates into a silent psychological warfare. A single comment from the stranger acts like a domino effect, knocking down every seemingly solid pillar of the couple’s relationship. Undercurrents run rampant throughout the night.The film employs tranquil empty shots to create an oppressive, suffocating atmosphere, and its understated dialogue leaves vast room for the audience to interpret. When intimate bonds meet the game of human nature, who is the real stranger in the end?