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Family Game (2022 film)
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'Family Game' is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Rafal Ouellet and released in 2022.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/arsenault-et-fils-rafael-ouellet/ "Arsenault et fils Film de Rafal Ouellet"]. 'Films du Qubec', June 13, 2022.
Set in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, the film centres on the Arsenaults, a family who have been involved in illegal poaching and reselling of wild meat out of the back of the family-owned garage.Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/06/18/retrouver-ses-racines "Arsenault & fils: retrouver ses racines"]. 'Le Journal de Montral', June 18, 2022. Older son Adam (Guillaume Cyr) wants to get out of the criminal enterprise and run the business honestly, but finds his plans complicated by the return of his more criminally inclined younger brother Anthony (Pierre-Paul Alain) and the arrival in town of milie (Karine Vanasse), a radio host.Franois Lvesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/721128/cinema-arsenault-et-fils-le-country-noir-de-rafael-ouellet "Arsenault et fils: le country noir de Rafal Ouellet"]. 'Le Devoir', June 10, 2022.
The film's cast also includes Luc Picard as Adam and Anthony's father Andr, Julien Poulin as their grandfather Armand, and Micheline Lanctt as Irne.
Ouellet has described the film as an attempt to incorporate influences from 'The Godfather', 'GoodFellas' and the films of James Gray into his own filmmaking style, which has traditionally been character drama driven by dialogue rather than plot. The film was shot in and around Ouellet's own hometown of Dgelis in 2021,[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/info-reveil/segments/entrevue/355202/film-arsenault-et-fils-tournage-degelis-bas-saint-laurent "Le nouveau film de Rafal Ouellet tourn en partie Dgelis"]. Ici Radio-Canada Premire, May 13, 2021. and had its commercial theatrical premiere in June 2022.Franois Lvesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/723720/cinema-arsenault-et-fils-la-bete-tenebreuse "Arsenault et fils: la bte tnbreuse"]. 'Le Devoir', June 17, 2022.
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