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Camion (2012)

Camion poster
Directed by
Rafaël Ouellet
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A truck driver struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts after a woman crashes her car into his truck and dies. To cope, he reaches out to his two sons and works to repair their strained relationships.

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What happens

Camion is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Rafaël Ouellet. The film centres on a truck driver who is suffering from severe depression after a woman kills herself by crashing her car into his truck; although he was not at fault, the incident has left him suicidal, resulting in the mending of his strained relationships with his sons Sam (Patrice Dubois) and Alain (Stéphane Breton) after he reaches out to them for help. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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