Noir (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Noir

| image = Noir poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Yves Christian Fournier

| producer = Nicole Robert

| writer = Jean-Hervé Désiré
Yves Christian Fournier

| starring = Salim Kechiouche
Benz Antoine
Julie Djiezion

| music = Patrick Lavoie

| cinematography = Jessica Lee Gagné

| editing = Mathieu Bouchard-Malo

| studio = Go Films

| distributor = Les Films Séville

| released = {{Film date|2015|4|10}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Noir is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Christian Fournier and released in 2015.[http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/noir-nwa-yves-christian-fournier/ "Noir (Nwa) – Film d’Yves Christian Fournier"]. Films du Québec, March 31, 2015.[http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/02/film-noir-yves-christian-fournier-racisme_n_6994824.html "Yves Christian Fournier: «Le Québec est inconsciemment raciste»"]. Huffington Post Québec, April 2, 2015.

An ensemble cast film set primarily in the impoverished Montreal North area,"Noir takes a grim view of gang life; Mean streets of Montreal North front and centre". Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2015. the film focuses on a variety of interconnected storylines. Characters include Dickens (Kémy St-Eloi) and Bobby (Clauter Alexandre), two Haitian Canadian brothers involved in the gang lifestyle; Kadhafi (Salim Kechiouche), an Algerian immigrant who works in a dry cleaning shop with Jean-Jacques (Benz Antoine) and dreams of becoming a hip hop star; and Suzie (Jade-Mariuka Robitaille), a stripper in a relationship with drug dealer Evans (Christopher Charles) while simultaneously connected in an ambiguous way to Phil (Patrick Hivon).

Kechiouche garnered a Jutra Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 18th Jutra Awards.[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2016/01/25/004-soiree-jutra-2016-nominations.shtml "Jutra : 10 nominations pour Corbo et La passion d'Augustine"]. Ici Radio-Canada Nouvelles, January 25, 2016.

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