Gamma Rays (2023)

Original title

Les rayons gamma

Directed by

Henry Bernadet

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

G

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young immigrants living in a Montreal neighborhood navigate everyday challenges. A teenager loses track of his visiting cousin in the city. A cashier struggles to pay off a debt to a drug dealer. A shy young man discovers a message in a bottle while fishing.

gentleobservantwarmquietly humorousepisodicgroundedslightly poignant

What happens

Gamma Rays (French: Les rayons gamma) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Henry Bernadet and released in 2023. Made with a cast of non-professional actors, the film centres on three interconnected stories about young immigrants in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension district of Montreal, Quebec. The stories centre on Abdel (Yassine Jabrane), whose cousin Omar (Hani Laroum) comes to visit but sparks a crisis when he gets lost after Abdel sends him out on his own without accompaniment despite Omar's lack of familiarity with the city; Fatima (Chaïmaa Zineddine Elidrissi), who is working as a supermarket cashier and trying to deal with an unpaid debt to a drug dealer; and Toussaint (Chris Kanyembuga), an intelligent but introverted young man who is drawn out of his shell when he finds a message in a bottle while fishing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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