Acclaimed director Louise Archambault’s charming new film depicts three aging hermits in the Quebec countryside whose defiant need to live independently is increasingly endangered by nature, old age, and infirmity. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is shaken by the arrival of two women – a luminous octogenarian, unjustly institutionalized her whole life, and a young photographer charged with interviewing survivors of the region’s deadliest forest fire.
Starring some of Quebec’s most renowned actors – including the late great Andrée Lachapelle in her final performance – and tenderly directed by Archambault (Gabrielle), AND THE BIRDS RAINED DOWN explores how lives can intertwine in the most unexpected ways, and how love can happen at any age.
“Touching, heartbreaking and dangerously thought-provoking, And the Birds Rained Down will force you to re-examine your relationship with yourself, the world around you and the people you love. All while daring you to assess the walls you’ve built, lest they’ve trapped you in a life you fell into.” – Anne T. Donahue, Globe & Mail
