Toy Gun Bandit (2014)
- Original title
- What Was Lost
- Directed by
- Rémi St-Michel
- Genre
- drama film, action film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man named Joel becomes obsessed with finding a lost manuscript. His search causes him to lose everything important in his life.
melancholicearnestslow-burnfrustratingintrospectivebleakquietly intensegrounded
What happens
Toy Gun Bandit (French: Faux gun bandit) is a Canadian crime action film, directed by Rémi St-Michel and slated for release in 2026. The film follows a young man in the suburbs of Quebec City who spirals into a life of crime. The cast comprises primarily first-time actors, including Félix Munger, David Beaudoin, Brandon Truong, Chau-Phi Van Quirion, Jenny Mark Turmel Pichette, Mathieu Bourret, Josée Tremblay and Marc-Antoine Munger, as well as established performers Sara Montpetit and Lou Thompson in supporting roles. The film was shot in spring 2025, in Quebec City, Beauport and Lévis. It is St-Michel's second feature film overall, following Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) in 2019, but the first for which he was both the director and the screenwriter. The film is scheduled to premiere in the Centrepiece program at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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