Family First (2018)

Original title

Chien de garde

Directed by

Sophie Dupuis

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named JP gets pulled into his uncle's drug ring in a Montreal neighborhood. The film follows JP as he navigates loyalty and danger within his own family.

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What happens

Family First (French: Chien de garde, lit. 'Watch Dog') is a 2018 Canadian crime film, written and directed by Sophie Dupuis. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. It is about a family in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, including the protagonist JP (Jean-Simon Leduc), whose uncle Dany (Paul Ahmarani) leads a drug cartel. It was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, winning Best Actor for Théodore Pellerin. Family First was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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