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Le nèg'

2002 · 92 min

A grim, disorienting reconstruction of a night of escalating racism, told through conflicting testimonies that leave you uneasy and complicit.

Directed by
Robert Morin
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Iannicko N'Doua, Robin Aubert, Emmanuel Bilodeau
Overview
In the middle of the night, in the Québec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to justice against the vandal. Thorough the night there is mounting racism, fueled by alcohol, and violence. Le Nèg' opens the morning after when the police investigators arrive at the scene to take depositions.

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Directed by
Robert Morin
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Iannicko N'Doua, Robin Aubert, Emmanuel Bilodeau
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • violence
  • justice
  • corruption
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Robert Morin
Written by
Robert Morin
Starring
Iannicko N'Doua, Robin Aubert, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Vincent Bilodeau, Sandrine Bisson, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Claude Despins, René-Daniel Dubois
Music
Bertrand Chénier
Cinematography
Jean-Pierre St-Louis
Runtime
92 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French

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