In 1970s Montreal, a 12-year-old girl named Manon takes drastic action to protect her family from being torn apart. Feeling empowered by the city's political turmoil, she holds an elderly woman hostage and demands the right to choose her own future. With the help of her cousins, Manon embarks on a journey to find a better life, free from the weaknesses and betrayals of adulthood.
Cross My Heart
A young girl named Manon fights to keep her family together in 1970s Montreal as her parents' marriage falls apart, threatening to tear her and her siblings away from each other and send them to foster care.