Before the Streets (2016)

Original title

Avant les rues

Directed by

Chloé Leriche

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Atikamekw man accidentally kills someone during a petty crime. He then goes through a restorative justice process with his community in northern Quebec.

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What happens

Before the Streets (French: Avant les rues) is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people of northern Quebec, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorative justice after accidentally killing someone in the process of committing a crime. The film's cast also includes Martin Dubreuil, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin and Jacques Newashish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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