A hitman calls talk radio to spill mob secrets and accidentally starts a revolution.
Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle. Given the opportunity to earn $50,000 killing a prominent New York City gangster, he leaps at the opportunity, ignoring the warnings of Montreal’s leading mob boss, who has forbidden local criminals from taking the assignment. Upon his return, Chico discovers he is being pursued from all sides, prompting an unlikely response: he calls a local talk radio show and starts revealing the mafia’s most carefully guarded secrets. As his revelations get more shocking, so do the tactics of his adversaries, culminating in a devastating gut punch of a finale.
Acting
Marc Legault's sweaty, desperate charisma carries every frame.
Direction
Godbout turns a radio booth into a claustrophobic death trap.
Writing
The finale recontextualizes everything with brutal efficiency.
Director
Jacques Godbout
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare English-language title for the Québécois film renaissance, it captures 1970s Montreal's criminal underworld with documentary-like authenticity.
The radio show sequences were shot in a real Montreal station during actual broadcast hours, with Legault improvising against genuine call-in callers who had no idea they were in a movie.
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