Jean Scheler

This film tells the story of the Red River settlement, now the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The pioneer venture of Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk, to establish a colony brought opposition from the North West Company, the Hudson's Bay Company’s powerful rival. A fine cast of actors portrays the ensuing dispute.

A young pilot, Martin, applies for the Ecole Militaire de Salon. He is accused of having caused the accident of one of his bosses, his career is then threatened.

Aux environ de 1870, dans un milieu bourgeois, Elisabeth, femme sage et respectable, encombrée de nombreux enfants, veille son mari qui va mourir. Par la grâce d'un somnifère, elle revit, instant par instant, sa jeunesse tumultueuse et tente en vain de s'y perdre à nouveau.