[1] The film centres on Jeanne O'Neil (Andrée Lachapelle), a single mother running a small inn in rural Quebec with her daughter Alfa (Élise Guilbault).
Supporting cast members in the film include Macha Limonchik, Gabriel Gascon, Luc Picard, André Brassard, Caroline Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers.
The film was originally inspired by a family-owned inn in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive where director and screenwriter Michel Langlois had worked in his youth.
[2] The film first entered development in 1984 as La Traversée,[1] with Léa Pool originally slated to direct.
[1] Vecchiali was subsequently also unable to direct the film and Pool returned to the project a second time, but was again forced to drop out.