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Ababooned (2024)

Ababooned poster
Original title
Ababouiné
Directed by
André Forcier
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy drama set in a Montreal neighborhood in the 1950s. A young baseball team gets into a conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. The story follows the players and local characters as they deal with this clash.

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What happens

Ababooned (French: Ababouiné) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 2024. Set in the Faubourg à m'lasse district of Montreal, Quebec, in the 1950s, the film centres on a conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and a young team of baseball players. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Éric Bruneau, Rémi Brideau, Rémy Girard, Maïla Valentir, Gaston Lepage, Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Martin Dubreuil, Pascale Montpetit, Mylène Mackay, Miguel Bédard, Devi Julia Pelletier, Donald Pilon, Réal Bossé, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Luc Senay, Jean-Marie-Lapointe, Hugolin Chevrette, Jean Boileau, Simon Lefebvre, Laurent-Christophe de Ruelle, Renaud Pinet-Forcier, Stéphane L’Écuyer, Émile Schneider and Noémie O'Farrell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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