야심에 찬 젊은 정치인은 캐나다의 수상이 되기를 꿈꾸지만 그에게는 넘어야 할 혹독한 장애물이 가득하다. 우선 고압적인 태도의 어머니와 전쟁을 주장하는 정치인들, 그리고 퀘벡의 유토피아적 이상주의 등이 그의 발목을 잡는 가운데, 선과 악의 싸움은 20세기의 궁극적인 생존이라는 주제와 함께 정점으로 치닫는다.
대세 워너비 인플루언서, 클라라. 작가가 되고 싶은 취준생, 로리. 자연스러움을 주장하는 여성 해방 운동가, 엘리. 찐친이자 룸메이트인 로리와 엘리 앞에 어느 날 할리우드 스타급 인기를 자랑하는 인플루언서 클라라가 나타나면서 이들의 특별한 우정이 시작된다. 하지만 로리가 SNS에서 클라라의 인기를 추월하며 세 사람의 관계가 점점 변해가기 시작하는데...
Celebrated European actor Sophie Bernard is in Montreal shooting a movie, and she's taking the opportunity to visit her gay son Thomas in the hope of bridging the rift that's grown between them. But Thomas has his own agenda for their time together; he intends to finally get some answers as to the identity of his father. Meanwhile, at Ville-Marie Hospital, paramedic Pierre struggles with PTSD, and though he has support in Marie, a nurse who keeps the overflowing emergency room running, it's uncertain whether he'll remain able to cope with the high intensity of his work. Each of these four characters is dealing with emotional damage — and on one dark Montreal night, their lives will all intersect in a fateful occurrence at Ville-Marie.
In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.
