Before the Streets
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| Avant les rues | |
| Directed by | Chloé Leriche |
| Produced by | Chloé Leriche |
| Starring |
Rykko Bellemare Kwena Bellemare-Boivin Jacques Newashish |
| Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
| Cinematography | Glauco Bermudez |
| Edited by | Chloé Leriche |
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Production
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Les films de l'autre
Telefilm Canada |
| Distributed by | Funfilm Distribution |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Atikamekw |
Before the Streets (French: Avant les rues) is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people of northern Quebec, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorative justice after accidentally killing someone in the process of committing a crime.
The film's cast also includes Martin Dubreuil, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin and Jacques Newashish.
The film won the award for best picture, and Leriche won the award for best director, at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival. At the 2016 Directors Guild of Canada awards, Leriche won the DGC Discovery Award.
The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Picture, Best Director (Leriche), Best Supporting Actor (Newashish), Best Supporting Actress (Bellemare-Boivin), Best Cinematography (Glauco Bermudez) and Best Original Song (Nikan Boivin for "Sokecimyekw").
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