A family mediator tries to resolve a crisis situation in Joseph's household. Since Roxanne left him, he forbids her to see their son Mathieu, and slyly sequesters him in their country property. Numb in the silence and emptiness created by Roxanne's absence, Joseph and Mathieu rush over.
A wealthy family withdraws from society after something unforeseen happens. When one of its members leaves the house on the pretext of paying an innocent visit to someone outside, the family’s fragile equilibrium is disturbed. In Broad Daylight presents an inscrutable, tantalisingly elusive fictional world enhanced by a colourful array of absurd characters.
A personal tribute to the filmmaker’s grandfather, a first-generation immigrant to Canada from Jamaica in the 1950s. Through both digital and super 8mm found footage, Michael’s past catches up with him as he struggles with difficult memories of his immigration to Canada, finding comfort in his spectacularly over-grown garden.
