This is an expository narration set in a Quebec prison in 1952. Jean Bilodeau (Marcel Sabourin), the local bishop, is invited to a prison to hear the last confession of Simon Doucet (Aubert Pallascio), a dying inmate. But Doucet in fact has a very different revelation for Bilodeau: he has enlisted his fellow inmates to stage a play set in 1912, when Bilodeau and Doucet were childhood friends. The reenactment of the past is played inside the chapel of the prison and since it is taking place within a prison, all roles are portrayed by the male prisoners. The play dramatises a period during Bilodeau and Doucet's childhood in Roberval, Quebec, when they were both coming to terms with their homosexuality. Young Doucet (Jason Cadieux) has a romantic relationship with Vallier (Danny Gilmore), whilst Young Bilodeau (Matthew Ferguson) remains repressed and tries desperately to convince Simon to join the seminary with him. All three are involved in a school play dramatising the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, with Simon in the lead role. The St. Sebastian play's homoerotic undertones contribute to Bilodeau's sexual awakening, which involves his unrequited love for Doucet.
