Your cousin promised easy money. The snake just shed its skin.
A Quebec dealer leads his American cousin into illegal fights. A dramatic and violent descent into a merciless world.
Acting
Perras's Kev oozes charismatic menace you almost root for.
Cinematography
Quebec's industrial underbelly shot like a bruise.
Direction
Beaudoin makes 86 minutes feel like a lifetime downward.
Director
Stéphan Beaudoin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Yankee' weaponizes American identity as vulnerability—Skylar's foreignness makes him exploitable in Quebec's closed fight circuits.
Iannicko N'Doua, the MC, is primarily a stage actor; this was his rare screen appearance, chosen specifically for his commanding vocal presence.
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