Le Nèg'

Drama, Super-16, 35mm print, colour, 92 mins., 2002, Québec, Canada, OFV with English subtitles

In the middle of the night, in the heart of the Québec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a Black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together, the neighbourhood goons and cronies take justice into their own hands. Throughout the night, the racism mounts, fueled by alcohol, guns and violence. Le Nèg' opens with the corpse and injuries of the morning after, as police investigators arrive at the scene to take statements.

Featuring : Emmanuel Bilodeau, Robin Aubert, Vincent Bilodeau, Béatrice Picard, Iannicko N'Doua, Jean-Guy Bouchard, René-Daniel Dubois, Claude Despins, Sandrine Bisson, Suzanne Lemoine

Director of Photography :
Jean-Pierre St-Louis
Production designer :
André-Line Beauparlant
Costume designer : Sophie Lefebvre
Special effects : Alain Omer Duranceau
Hair : France Latreille
Editor : Lorraine Dufour
Sound : Marcel Chouinard, Louis Collin,
Hans Peter Strobl
Music : Bertrand Chénier

Written and directed by : Robert Morin
Assistant director :
Bernard Chabot

Line producteur : Réal Chabot
Producer : Lorraine Dufour
Production : Coop Vidéo de Montréal,
Les Productions 23
Distributor : Christal Films

2003

Best Editing
Prix Jutra (Montréal, Canada)

Canada's Top Ten
Toronto International Film Festival Group (Canada)

Prix Coup de coeur SAQ
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
(Montréal, Canada)

Nominations
Prix Jutra
(Montréal, Canada)
Best Script, Best Direction, Best Editing

Nominations
Genie Awards
(Toronto, Canada)
Best Script, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costumes

Festivals and Events

2008 - 4e édition du festival International du Film Indépendant de Lille, France
2007 - Exposition Aventure cinéma, Musée de la civilisation de Québec (Canada)
2004 - French Film Festival
(Providence, USA)
2003 - Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal, Canada)
2003 - Festival du film de Sept-Îles (Canada)
2002 - Festival international du cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
(Rouyn-Noranda, Canada)
2002 - Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
2002 - Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)