Gravediggers The

A Radio-Canada journalist living in Vancouver returns to his native Québec City to spend Christmas with his family. Before leaving the West Coast, a neighbour has asked him to research her Chinese grandfather’s past in Québec. As the journalist traces the grandfather’s history, he notices a mysterious young man with whom he crosses paths, but does not interact. This unnamed individual is obsessed by the many fires which decimated Québec City in the 19th century. As the two men carry out their separate investigations, each discovers unknown facets of the city –– from the old graveyards of the Chinese community and a possible traffic in bones, to an unfinished tunnel used by young squatters, to the many tragic fires that marked the old capital. The Gravediggers is a fascinating story of lineage and belonging in which, like an archaeologist, André Lamontagne uncovers historical dramas as he researches Chinese roots and identity.