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Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005)

Saint Martyrs of the Damned poster
Original title
Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés
Directed by
Robin Aubert
Genre
horror film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tabloid reporter travels to a small Quebec town to investigate strange disappearances. When his photographer disappears too, the townspeople block his efforts to find his friend.

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What happens

Saint Martyrs of the Damned (French: Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robin Aubert and released in 2005. The film stars François Chénier as Flavien Juste, a tabloid reporter who writes about strange paranormal phenomena; when he is sent to the small Quebec town of Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés to investigate a series of strange disappearances, his photographer colleague Armand (Patrice Robitaille) disappears as well, but he finds the townspeople actively impeding his efforts to locate his friend. The cast also includes Isabelle Blais, Guy Vaillancourt, Monique Mercure, Monique Miller, Sylvie Boucher, Pierre Collin, Michel Forget, Carl Hennebert-Faulkner, Germain Houde, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon, André Lacoste, Mathilde Lavigne, Hubert Loiselle, Alexis Martin, Alec Poirier, David Savard and Luc Senay. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2005, before going into commercial release in October. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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