Top billed cast
Annie-Soleil ProteauSelf
Chantal Vaillancourt- Claudia Lapierre
- Daniel Déry
- Réjean Hébert
- Françoise Boucher
- Hubert KemFack
- Huguette Gratton
- Jeanne D'Arc Hovington
- Ligia Lapierre
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