Gamma Rays (film)

Gamma Rays
FrenchLes rayons gamma
Directed byHenry Bernadet
Written byHenry Bernadet
Nicolas Krief
Isabelle Brouillette
Produced byVuk Stojanovic
Henry Bernadet
Jean-Martin Gagnon
StarringYassine Jabrane
Chaïmaa Zineddine Elidrissi
Océane Garçon-Gravel
Chris Kanyembuga
Hani Laroum
CinematographyPhilémon Crête
Natan B. Foisy
Philippe St-Gelais
Edited byJules Saulnier
Music byMaxime Veilleux
Mathieu Charbonneau
Simon Trottier
Production
company
Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distributed byLes Films Opale
Release date
  • September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28) (SSIFF)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Gamma Rays (French: Les rayons gamma) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Henry Bernadet and released in 2023.[1] Made with a cast of non-professional actors, the film centres on three interconnected stories about young immigrants in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension district of Montreal, Quebec.[2]

The stories centre on Abdel (Yassine Jabrane), whose cousin Omar (Hani Laroum) comes to visit but sparks a crisis when he gets lost after Abdel sends him out on his own without accompaniment despite Omar's lack of familiarity with the city; Fatima (Chaïmaa Zineddine Elidrissi), who is working as a supermarket cashier and trying to deal with an unpaid debt to a drug dealer; and Toussaint (Chris Kanyembuga), an intelligent but introverted young man who is drawn out of his shell when he finds a message in a bottle while fishing.[3]