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Cheech

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104 minutes – Comedy/Drama
Language: French
Release date: August 2006
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm

Cheech is the film version of the stage play that was also written by MontrĂ©al playwright, François LĂ©tourneau and marks the feature debut of award-winning director Patrice SauvĂ©. The play was known for its gritty and street-smart approach to life just below the legal horizon. The action is set in an escort agency and takes place over just 1 day. Inside the agency several men wait to hire prostitutes and so there is no lack of suspects when the owner is found dead in his office. Who dunnit? Maxime, his assistant? Cheech, a competing agency owner? StĂ©phanie, a depressed, suicidal escort? Olivier, a client? Olivier’s friend Sophie, another escort? And it all begins when the agency’s photographic “book of girls” is stolen.

Cheech premiered at the Denver International Film Festival in 2006 and played at festivals around the world including France, the UK, the USA, Singapore and Russia. It was nominated for four Genie Awards.

Cheech, movie, poster,

Crew:

Producer:

Nicole Robert
Martine Beachemin

Director:

Patrice Sauvé

Screenwriter:

François Létourneau

Cinematographer:

Yves Belanger – CSC

Editor:

Michel Groul

Composer:

Normand Corbeil

Cast: Roles:

Patrice Robitaille
Maxime Denommée
Maxim Gaudette
Anick Lemay
François Létourneau
Fanny Mallette
Gilles Renaud
Luc Senay
Ruth Chiang
Normand D’Amour
Evelyne Brochu
Patrice Coquereau
Steve Laplante
Danielle Godin
Sharlene Royer

Ron
Maxime
Alexis
Jenny
Olivier
Stéphanie
Paluchi
Gilles
Asian singer
Gaétan
Pharmacist
Larry
Jean-Marc Blanchette
Suzanne