Synopsis

Marc Lamarre (Mani Soleymanlou) is a dedicated surgical oncologist and a proud family man. However, he constantly struggles to balance the emotional weight of his practice with administering medical assistance in dying (MAID) to his terminally ill patients. Driven by a desire to offer them a more dignified end, Marc dreams of founding a state-of-the-art, next-generation palliative care centre.

To raise the necessary capital, Marc teams up with his two best friends: Lambert (Pier-Luc Funk), a corrupt ex-cop, and Philippe (Guillaume Cyr), an anxious notary. Together, they launch the “Saints’ Last Days Trust” — a morally grey venture that buys up life insurance policies from dying patients for a fraction of their face value. The scheme runs smoothly until the trio borrows a massive sum from Spyro Vanderrost (François Damiens), a shady Belgian-Greek loan shark and Montreal’s self-proclaimed “Souvlaki King.” Their goal is to purchase a multimillion-dollar policy from a patient with aggressive, stage-four cancer, banking on the inevitable to cash in on a massive payout. But their foolproof plan quickly goes off the rails.

Instead of a quick cash-out, the three friends are inadvertently dragged into a sprawling drug trafficking ring and thrust headfirst into Montreal’s criminal underworld. They find themselves trapped in a dizzying labyrinth of crime and romantic betrayals — hunted by Spyro, targeted by the Lebanese mafia, pursued by the vengeful son of a former patient and suspected of murder by narcotics detectives Belzile (Pascale Montpetit) and Toussaint (Schelby Jean-Baptiste). Set against the provocative backdrop of medical ethics and human dignity, this dark comedy-thriller proves that the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions.