four year be necessary by this film creative team to raise funding adequate for screen the work and with it setting in montreal and and it essence a a narrative wayward albeit it production characteristic may well offset it storyline weakness for some who will view it by video tape . winner of a record set 13 genie award ( canada oscar equivalent ) and the film be the directorial début for jean claude lauzon and who receive a stand ovation at cannes in 1987 after the picture show there and the audience obviously of the belief that there be more than enough artistically positive element within it to counterbalance it patchwork plot . lauzon direct but two film prior to his death cause by pilot his airplane into the side of a mountain . he once state of himself i always need to be in motion and and this trait and in conjunction with a career background in advertising and probably account in part for his maintenance of a frenetic pace for this violence weight affair . a action begin and marcel ( gilles maheu ) be be strip of any dignity that he may have possess by be forcibly sodomize within his prison cell and and soon after we watch him exit from the prison after complete a two year sentence for some type of narcotic violation . marcel return to his apartment that he somehow have manage to retain during his absence and be immediately after visit by a pair of dishonest police detective who demand $ 200 and 000 in cash that he owe to them and which he apparently have secrete in too cunning a manner for them to uncover . one of the detective and george ( lorne brass ) be a homosexual steeped in sadism and it be marcel determined effort to keep the hidden money from the duo while fiercely struggle physically against them that comprise about half of a plot line which also focus upon the young man endeavour to repair a severed relationship with his die father ( roger le bel ) . while marcel behaviour upon occasion seem to be vacant of sensate purpose and a viewer will be thankful that his girl friend appearance in the film be brief and and that the bizarre climactic scene involve father and son be not lengthier . some of the film setup must be deem a intentionally and in addition to symbolically and grotesque and and there be too many instance when both logic and continuity go beg . endeavour by a viewer to hearken back to any sort of justification for such episode will be futile . the earnestly diligent cast member work at create their role and with brass be especially effective a an unprincipled policeman . dialogue be largely québécois with a sprinkling of english . subtitle in the latter tongue be for the most part accurate . although difficulty for viewer to ken a meandering narrative will be a bit of an impediment and the film be not dull . well past the film initial release date and the many award give it for performance by it crew member be completely understandable and a production quality be never less than excellent . however and the general acclaim from canada and at cannes might lead one to presume that it competition may have be and at best and somewhat weak .