Before the Streets

Before the Streets
FrenchAvant les rues
Directed byChloé Leriche
Produced byChloé Leriche
StarringRykko Bellemare
Kwena Bellemare-Boivin
Jacques Newashish
CinematographyGlauco Bermudez
Edited byChloé Leriche
Music byRobert Marcel Lepage
Production
companies
Les films de l'autre
Telefilm Canada
Distributed byFunfilm Distribution
Release dates
  • February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) (Berlinale)
  • April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageAtikamekw

Before the Streets (French: Avant les rues) is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Chloé Leriche.[1] 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.[1]

The film's cast also includes Martin Dubreuil, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin and Jacques Newashish.

  1. ^ a b Lussier, Marc-André (15 April 2016). "Avant les rues: une oeuvre utile et pertinente ***1/2". La Presse.