Clauter Alexandre

To commemorate the passing of their beloved father, four brothers very much at odds congregate for one final week at their summer house in the Magdalen Islands. As they bid their final goodbyes, the four brothers revisit their past joys and hardships as each one of them struggles to give meaning to their very different lives.

내전으로 아버지의 초콜릿 공장이 사라지자, 의학도 출신의 젊은 시리아 난민은 가족을 이끌고 캐나다 작은 마을에 정착한다. 초콜릿이라는 가족 사업을 계속하길 원하는 가족과 의사의 길을 걸으려는 자신의 꿈 사이에서 고뇌하고, 갈등한다.

흑인 린치를 금하는 법안이 통과되지 못한 시절의 미국. 당대의 스타였던 빌리 홀리데이도 ‘이상한 과일(Strange Fruit)’을 부르지 못하게 된다. 억압받는 소수자의 초상을 적나라하게 은유한 가사 때문. 불안정한 마음을 안고 자주 휘청거리는 빌리지만 이 노래에 담긴 의미만은 흘려보내고 싶지 않다. 결연히 마이크를 잡은 그의 목소리는 미국을 놀라게 한다.

NOIR chronicles the lives of four people living in a neighborhood plagues by poverty and violence, aspiring to freedom and happiness. Kadhafi, a 26 year old aspiring rapper and ex-member of a street gang, just out of prison, wants to steer clear of troubles. Fleur, a 17 year old Haitian mother in an abusive and passionate relationship with her daughter's father, dreams of leaving the ghetto and becoming a nurse. Suzie, a 20 year old stripper who falls for a gang member. Dickens, 16 year old Haitian wants to be part of the street gang controlled by his older brother.

Thanks to his wife Madeleine, a social worker who saved him from the street when he was 17-years-old, Pierre Dalpé has become a prosperous entrepreneur, running a garbage-collection business in the Montreal area. His quiet happiness with his wife and their children changes when he crosses paths with Eve, a teenage drug addict/prostitute who belongs to a street gang. At the risk of destroying everything he’s built up, Pierre decides to make it his mission to help Eve get out of her unhealthy situation before she dies of an overdose, like his sister did. But in doing so, he has to confront his old demons, to Madeleine’s despair, as she feels him slipping farther away from her every day.

Guillaume is a good young man. He has never taken hard drugs in his life, doesn't plan on trying, and has an honest job. Everything goes chaotic when he witnesses his father's attempted suicide over a heavy gambling debt. In order to pay out his father's debt in a record time, Guillaume follows his best friend, Manu, into the difficult world of drug dealing.

Thomas has killing headaches, Jean-François has stage freight and Benoit's wife has left him. After countless misfortunes the three of them bag a white collar thief that has been evading justice for ten years.