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The Wise Guys (1972)

1h 26m

Running Time

The Wise Guys (1972)

Name: The Wise Guys
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1972-03-20

1h 26m

Running Time

Plot.

In this French Canadian film, when the provincial government tries to move two young farmers from their land to make way for development, the two fight back, accidentally killing a policeman and becoming outlaws in the process.

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Cast & Crew.

Daniel Pilon

Donald Pilon

Louise Laparé

Marcel Martel

Louise Laparé

Ginette Drouin

Marcel Sabourin

Pierre Dagenais

Colette Courtois

Paul Desmarteaux

Denis André

Gaétan Lafrance

Bernard Assiniwi

Louise Forestier

Narratrice

Jean-Claude Labrecque

Screenplay / Director

Lise Noiseux

Screenplay

Clément Perron

Screenplay

Jacques Perron

Original Music Composer

Guy Dufaux

Director of Photography

Marc Mathieu

Lucie Mathieu

Jean Perraud

Jean Brisson

Charles Fournier

Marcel Fournier

Réal Fournier

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 20, 1972

Original Name
Les smattes

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2024-12-26

Wiki.

The Wise Guys (French: Les Smattes) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1972. Labrecque's first narrative feature film after a career making documentaries, the film centres on Pierre Drouin (Donald Pilon) and Réjean Cardinal (Daniel Pilon), two friends in the Gaspésie region of Quebec who become fugitives after refusing to leave their village when the provincial government orders it to be shut down.

The cast also includes Marcel Sabourin, Louise Laparé, Marcel Martel and Pierre Dagenais.

The film premiered in Quebec theatres on April 20, 1972. It was subsequently screened in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.