Le ring (2007)

A coming-of-age saga set in the slums of Montreal as a young boy comes to grips with the temptations of the street while hopelessly aspiring to become a professional wrestler.

Director:

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Writer:

Renée Beaulieu

Stars:

Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay, Maxime Dumontier, Julianne Côté

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay	...	Jessy Blais
Maxime Dumontier	...	Sam Blais
Julianne Côté	...	Kelly Blais
Jean-François Casabonne	...	Jacques aka Killer
Suzanne Lemoine	...	Maryse Blais
Stéphane Demers	...	Claude Blais
René-Daniel Dubois	...	Le boss
Jason Roy-Léveillée	...	Max
Benjamin Chouinard	...	Momo
Édith Cochrane	...	Enseignante
Carl Leduc	...	Animateur
Véronique Pascal	...	La cassière
Émile Proulx-Cloutier	...	L'arbitre
Phong Doan Huy	...	Caissier (as Huy Phong Doan)
Patrick Boucher	...	Dave

Storyline

A coming-of-age saga set in the slums of Montreal as a young boy comes to grips with the temptations of the street while hopelessly aspiring to become a professional wrestler.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 October 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

The Fight

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Christal Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The face of Jessy's mother is never seen. She is always either out of focus or seen from behind.

User Reviews

Yet another stunning film from Quebec which has had little or no release outside of Francophone Canada.

Jessy, age 12, dreams of becoming a wrestler. Already, life is a daily fight; home is chaotic and his innocence is quickly disappearing. Reality hits hard in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a poor area of Montreal, but it can't compete with the Friday night wrestling that gives Jessy the courage to escape his destiny. "Le Ring" tells the story of a little fighter determined to make his own way.

Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay effortlessly plays the lost soul Jessy in his acting debut; he is from the same neighbourhood where the story is set, perhaps giving him the ease before the camera one would expect from a veteran performer.

Tough, gritty, and sometimes difficult to watch, "Le Ring" takes the viewer deep into an alien world that is in reality only a few miles away… Much of the dialogue seems to be in Joual, the urban dialect of Montreal, which is also a rarity in film. (Think "Glasgow English")