Malarek is a film directed by Roger Cardinal in 1989. Ex-juvenile offender Victor Malarek catches a break when he's hired as a cub reporter for the Montreal Star. After witnessing a cop murder a street kid, Malarek dedicates himself to exposing corruption in the social welfare system.
Acting
Elias Koteas before he was famous — raw, hungry, dangerous.
Production
Montreal locations that reek of authentic cold-weather desperation.
Director
Roger Cardinal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Montreal journalist Victor Malarek, who later became a CBC host. The film barely got distribution outside Canada and remains criminally underseen.
This is peak 'Tax Shelter Era' Canadian cinema — American stars, Canadian crews, stories that could only happen here. The welfare-fraud scandal Malarek exposes mirrored real 1980s Quebec corruption investigations.
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