Le bruit des arbres (The Sound of Trees) chronicles the summer of a teenager caught between the river and the forest. Seventeen year-old Jérémie dreams of a better life, away from the family sawmill and his native village of Gaspésie, Québec. Instead of the forestry work, Jérémie prefers pimping his car, hip hop and slacking off with his friends. The situation drives his father Régis to despair as he blames his son’s attitude on a local drug dealer. When Jérémie’s elder brother leaves town, tensions rise quickly in the summer heat.