Eric Hamel

What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former eastern Germany. At the end of the 80s they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to grips with the reason they separated 12 years ago.

En 1940, à Montréal dans le quartier Saint-Henri, la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui ravage l’Europe, amène l’espoir d’un terme à la dépression économique qui maintient jusque là Saint-Henri dans la pauvreté. Florentine Lacasse y travaille au comptoir-restaurant du « Quinze-cents ». Elle remet son petit salaire à ses parents pour aider à la subsistance de sa famille trop nombreuse. Jean Lévesque séduit Florentine, mais sa pauvre condition ne convient pas à ses ambitions. Il essaie de la faire s’amouracher d’un copain, Emmanuel Létourneau. Le film raconte l’histoire de ces trois relations avec en arrière plan la vie familiale difficile des Lacasse.