GERMAINE LAUZON
LINDA LAUZON, Germaine’s daughter
ROSE OUIMET, Germaine’s sister
GABRIELLE JODOIN, another sister
LISETTE DE COURVAL, neighbour
MARIE-ANGE BROUILLETTE, neighbour
YVETTE LONGPRÉ , neighbour
DES-NEIGES VERRETTE, neighbour
THÉRÈSE DUBUC, Germaine’s sister-in-law
OLIVINE DUBUC, Thérèse’s mother-in-law
ANGÉLINE SAUVÉ, neighbour
RHÉAUNA BIBEAU, neighbour
LISE PAQUETTE, Linda’s friend
GINETTE MENARD, Linda’s friend
PIERRETTE GUÉRIN, Germaine’s youngest sister
The kitchen of a Montreal tenement, 1965. Four enormous boxes occupy centre stage.