Le dernier tunnel (2004)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Erik Canuel

Writers:

Mario Bolduc (writer)
Paul Ohl (writer)

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Based on a true story: a recently released convict dreams of one last heist with his old gang before retiring...

Plot Keywords:

Tunnel | Friend | Heist | Probation | Heist Gone Wrong

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Michel Côté	...	Marcel Talon
Jean Lapointe	...	Fred Giguère
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Smiley
Nicolas Canuel	...	Vincent Savard
Marie-France Marcotte	...	Magdeleine "Maggy" Fortin
Sébastien Huberdeau	...	Régis Turcotte
Céline Bonnier	...	Annie Beaudoin
Anick Lemay	...	Isabelle Parenteau
Jean-François Boudreau	...	Mathieu Arcand
Michel Mongeau	...	Paolo Morrietti
Steve Banner	...	Denis Morissette
Jean-François Beaupré	...	Sergent Michel Létourneau
Wildemir Normil	...	Gardien Robert Jolicoeur
Martin Thibaudeau	...	Joel Falardeau
Fanou Lanciault	...	Assistante de Morissette

Runtime:

Canada:109 min (Québec)

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Bloom Films 1998 Inc.

Loyalty and Betrayal

In Montreal, the middle age thief Marcel Talon (Michel Coté) has spent a great part of his life in prison. When he leaves his confinement on probation, he promises to his beloved girlfriend Magdeleine "Maggy" Fortin (Marie France Marcotte) that he will find an honest job and have a decent life with her. Indeed Marcel has schemed the greatest heist to a bank ever happened in Canada, and he joins his old friend Fred Giguère (Jean Lapointe) and his non-reliable pal Smiley (Christopher Heyerdahl) and proposes to dig a long tunnel underground Montreal along the sewers for three months to reach the cellar of the Montral Bank. Fred's grandson and a friend of Smiley join the gang and along the robbery, an unexpected betrayal of his accomplices Smiley and Savard destroy the retirement plan of Marcel.

"Le Dernier Tunnel" is a very good movie based on a true heist of Montreal Bank called "the heist of the century". The realistic dramatic and suspenseful story of loyalty and betrayal has excellent performances and direction and is a great entertainment. I have never heard anything about this robbery, but this unknown little gem deserves to be discovered by fans of the genre. The shameful DVD released in Brazil does not offer the option of the original audio in French, only in English or Portuguese. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Último Túnel" ("The Last Tunnel")