Back in the Indigenous community where she grew up, a law student becomes involved in a controversial debate over the sale of alcohol.

A depressed architect joins a Montreal firm to design the plans for an art centre, which must however be signed by a renowned colleague who has suddenly disappeared.

The father of a family of small-time schemers enters politics and becomes prime minister, while his girlfriend, on vacation in Cuba, finds love with a beautiful stranger.

An Algerian awaiting refugee status is tricked into replacing a Montreal teacher who hanged herself in her Grade Six classroom.