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"You should stay away from them, my dear, unless you want problems." Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official trailer for a crime thriller from Canada called Family Game (a new title only for the US release), made by filmmaker Rafael Ouellet. This premiered in 2022 and already opened in Canada last year, as it's a Quebecois production in the French Canadian language. Set in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, the film centres on the Arsenaults, a family who have been involved in illegal poaching & reselling of wild meat. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio host who exercises an ascendancy over Anthony and his older brother Adam, will come to test the harmony of the clan. The film stars Guillaume Cyr, Pierre-Paul Alain, Karine Vanasse, Jason Cavalier, and Ted Pluviose. This looks like it has a dark...

Que ta joie demeure

Director: Denis Côté

Writer(s): Denis Côté

Producers: Metafilms’ Sylvain Corbeil and Nancy Grant

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Cast: Guillaume Tremblay, Emilie Siguoin, Hamidou Savadogo, Ted Pluviose, Olivier Aubin, Cassandre Emanuel

One of the more unique film personalities on the international film fest circuit, for his 8th feature, Quebecois filmmaker continues to revel in challenging the form. Coming off what we personally consider to be his career best with 2013′s Vic + Flo ont vu un ours (hits NYC for a one week run this week) with Que ta joie demeure, Denis Côté continues to challenge the narrative – blending fiction with docu form and here visits those who get their hands dirty in a sort of blue collar, ethnographic study of different hoods and job titles.

Gist: This is an open-ended exploration of the energies and rituals of various workplaces. From one worker to another...