The Wise Guys (1972)

Original title

Les smattes

Directed by

Jean-Claude Labrecque

Genre

drama, crime

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends in rural Quebec refuse to leave their village when the government orders it closed. They become fugitives and go on the run together.

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What happens

The Wise Guys (French: Les Smattes) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1972. Labrecque's first narrative feature film after a career making documentaries, the film centres on Pierre Drouin (Donald Pilon) and Réjean Cardinal (Daniel Pilon), two friends in the Gaspésie region of Quebec who become fugitives after refusing to leave their village when the provincial government orders it to be shut down. The cast also includes Marcel Sabourin, Louise Laparé, Marcel Martel and Pierre Dagenais. The film premiered in Quebec theatres on April 20, 1972. It was subsequently screened in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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