Dusk for a Hitman (2023)

Original title

Crépuscule pour un tueur

Directed by

Raymond St-Jean

Genre

drama film, biographical film, thriller film, gangster film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hitman for a Montreal crime gang faces pressure from police to turn informant while his bosses demand proof of loyalty after a failed hit. He must navigate threats from both sides to survive.

tensegrittysuspensefulclaustrophobicbleakmethodicalcoldmoral gray

What happens

Dusk for a Hitman (French: Crépuscule pour un tueur) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Raymond St-Jean and released in 2023. The film stars Éric Bruneau as Donald Lavoie, a hitman for the Dubois brothers crime gang, as he begins to come under pressure from detective Patrick Burns (Sylvain Marcel) to testify against his bosses in a police investigation, while simultaneously being asked to prove his loyalty to his boss Claude Dubois (Benoît Gouin) following a botched double murder. The cast also includes Rose-Marie Perreault as Francine Lavoie, as well as Alexandra Petrachuk, Paul Zinno, Judith Baribeau, Gabrielle Anne Desy, Charles-Aubey Houde, Joakim Robillard, Benoît Brière, Charlotte Poitras, Alexandre Castonguay, Sylvain Massé, Jean Petitclerc, Agathe Ledoux and Melissa Plante in supporting roles. The film premiered on February 28, 2023, at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, in advance of its commercial release on March 10. Dusk for a Hitman was released in the United States on April 19, 2024 to positive reviews, getting a 90% average score on Rotten Tomatoes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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