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Novena
Novena

Novena

Genres

Drama

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Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

26 August 2005

Country

Canada

Cast

Élise Guilbault

Élise Guilbault

Jeanne

Patrick Drolet

Patrick Drolet

François

Marie-Josée Bastien

Marie-Josée Bastien

Bénévole refuge

Claude Binet

Claude Binet

M. Tremblay

Luc Bourgeois

Luc Bourgeois

Urgentologue

Lise Castonguay

Lise Castonguay

Thérèse

Richard Champagne

Richard Champagne

Agent de sécurité

Pierre Collin

Pierre Collin

Prêtre confident

Benoît Dagenais

Benoît Dagenais

Docteur Langlais

Stéphane Demers

Stéphane Demers

Mari de Lise

Raoul Desmeules

Raoul Desmeules

Un aide

Muriel Dutil

Muriel Dutil

Mère de Jeanne

Denise Gagnon

Denise Gagnon

Grand-mère

Amélie Grenier

Amélie Grenier

Femme du refuge

Éveline Gélinas

Éveline Gélinas

Jeune mère qui témoigne

Paul Hébert

Paul Hébert

Bonfield Marcoux

Bonfield Marcoux

Guillaume Meloche

Guillaume Meloche

Isabelle Pastena

Isabelle Pastena

Micheline Poitras

Micheline Poitras

Lyne Riel

Lyne Riel

Isabelle Roy

Isabelle Roy

Paul Savoie

Paul Savoie

Michèle Sirois

Michèle Sirois

Jean-François Sénécal

Jean-François Sénécal

Diane Verreault

Diane Verreault

Ghislaine Vincent

Ghislaine Vincent

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