Mégantic is inspired by the events that occurred during the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013. This fiction follows the destinies of Méganticois marked by bereavement and trauma, but also by solidarity, courage and heroism.
In the fall of 1994, 15-year-old Simon went to the convenience store and never came back. The next day, the body of the teenager is fished out of the river. 27 years later, his younger sister Élise tries to understand why he threw himself off the bridge. Helped by Philippe, a charismatic pastoral animator who led Simon's self-help group, she discovers that everything is always more complex than it seems.
A couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a society obsessed with success and social media image.