The Night Laurier Gaudreault Woke Up | Embalming the Past in One Part

Michel Marc Bouchard

The Night Laurier Gaudreault Woke Up

Embalming the Past in One Part

“Dissatisfied with everyone and dissatisfied with myself, I would gladly atone for my guilt and recover a little pride in the silence and solitude of the night. Kindred souls, you whom I have loved, you whom I have sung of, strengthen me, support me, turn away from me the lies and corrupting fumes of the world, and you, Lord, my God! grant me the grace to write a few beautiful verses that would prove to me that I am not the least of men, more wretched than those I despise!” /Charles Baudelaire/

Mireille Larouche is a world-renowned embalmer who returns to her hometown after eleven years away to embalm her mother. In ancient civilizations, the deceased person’s relatives took part in the body’s final care, and when the family gathers at the morgue, the truth emerges about the tragic night when Laurier Gaudreault woke up. That is all. It was the night Laurier Gaudreault woke up.