Overview
Waterloo will now have its own semi-pro men's hockey team, thus expelling the amateur women's leagues from the arena. To avenge their lost ice time, an impulsive hockey player and a ruthless octogenarian—a former derby champion—have a plan: recruit the city's disenfranchised and form an underground roller derby team. With the help of the Women's Club, they will prove that women's sports can also inspire crowds and that sisterhood is the ultimate act of resistance.
Director and cast
- Gabrielle Côté as Mélissa (Guedaille)
- Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Cassandre (Paul Pitché)
- France Castel as Yvette (Coach)
- Juliette Gosselin as Roxanne (Killmore Girl)
- Aurélia Arandi-Longpré as Léa (Tortillera Importada)
- Debbie Lynch-White as Suzie (Diva Cop)
- Lyraël Dauphin as Simone (Nana Bistouri)
- Ximena Ferrer Olaso as Sonia (Frida Chaos)
- Nathalie Doummar as Amira (Lady Mala-la-de)
- Sandrine Bisson as Kathleen (Wild Kat)
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