Inside (2002 film)
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| French | Histoire de pen |
| Directed by | Michel Jetté |
| Written by | Michel Jetté Léo Lévesque |
| Produced by | Michel Jetté Louise Sabourin |
| Starring | Emmanuel Auger Karyne Lemieux David Boutin |
| Cinematography | Larry Lynn |
| Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
| Music by | Gilles Grégoire |
Production company | Baliverna Films |
| Distributed by | Christal Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
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Plot summary
19-year-old Claude begins a 10-year sentence at a penitentiary. Rousseau, a member of Tarzan's gang, attempts to rape him soon after his entry, but Claude is not a novice at fighting and dissuades him from further attempts. Tarzan puts out a contract to assassinate him.
The leader of a rival gang, Zizi Grenier, reveals the contract to Claude and offers his protection if Claude will fight for him. The two gangs hold public boxing events to avoid all-out war, with disputed territories put on the line. Claude accepts, but over the course of these duels learns of the power games playing out in the background.
Claude becomes friends with Lucia (a
Claude quits the fights, and befriends a man known as "the Phantom". After Claude is raped with the secret backing of the prison administration, the Phantom helps him escape by illicitly getting him into the prison workshop, and hiding him in a locker shipped out of the prison.
Claude rejoins Karine in her drug business, but on a delivery comes across one of the gang members who aided in his rape, arranges a meeting, and murders him. He is arrested and returned to the penitentiary, to learn of Jacques' suicide. Soon after he is subdued when he learns that he has
Cast
- Emmanuel Auger as Claude
- Karyne Lemieux as Karine
- David Boutin[4] as Jacques le Schizo
- Paul Dion as L'Fantôme
- Dominic Darceuil as Lucia
- Sylvain Beauchamps as Tarzan
- Louis-David Morasse as Rousseau
- Jean-Robert Bourdage as Voix du trou (voice)
- Gabriel Bélanger as La Comete Blonde
- Deano Clavet as Piston
- Christopher Dyson as Claude (voice)
- Stéphane Ouellet as Boxeur
- Jean-Sébastien Poirier as Zizi Grenier
- Michèle Péloquin as Agente Correctionnel - CO
Reception
Inside has received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. [2]
Scott Foundas of Variety on 16 October 2002 stated a "by-the-numbers prison drama", with a "litany of prison-movie cliches" and it "won’t travel far outside its native borders".[5] efilmcritic.com said a "gritty, uncompromising prison drama", "it's hard to watch, but it rings so true that it can't be dismissed" and "not a feel-good picture, but it is extremely well made".[6] Charles-Henri Ramond from filmsquebec.com stated it was a "dark and violent social drama".[1]
Accolades
It won an award at the Nickel Independent Film Festival in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1]
The film received four
References
- ^ a b c Ramond, Charles-Henri (10 January 2009). "Histoire de pen – Film de Michel Jetté". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Histoire de Pen (Inside) (Banged Up) (2002)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ Inside media kit[permanent dead link]
- ^ Michel Vais Dictionnaire des artistes du théâtre québécois, p. 1997, at Google Books
- ^ Foundas, Scott (17 October 2002). "Inside". Variety. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Movie Review - Inside (2002) - eFilmCritic". www.efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "2003 Genie Awards nominees". Playback, December 19, 2002.
External links
- Histoire de pen at IMDb
- Synopsis at Radio-Canada
