Family Game (2022 film)

Family Game (French: Arsenault et fils) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Rafaël Ouellet and released in 2022.[1]

Family Game
FrenchArsenault et fils
Directed byRafaël Ouellet
Written byRafaël Ouellet
Produced byCharles-Stéphane Roy
Stéphanie Morissette
StarringGuillaume Cyr
Pierre-Paul Alain
Karine Vanasse
Luc Picard
CinematographyFrançois Dutil
Edited byMyriam Magassouba
Music byRobin-Joël Cool
Viviane Audet
Alexis Martin
Production
company
La maison de prod
Distributed bySphere Films
Release date
  • June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Set in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, the film centres on the Arsenaults, a family who have been involved in illegal poaching and reselling of wild meat out of the back of the family-owned garage.[2] Older son Adam (Guillaume Cyr) wants to get out of the criminal enterprise and run the business honestly, but finds his plans complicated by the return of his more criminally inclined younger brother Anthony (Pierre-Paul Alain) and the arrival in town of Émilie (Karine Vanasse), a radio host.[3]

The film's cast also includes Luc Picard as Adam and Anthony's father André, Julien Poulin as their grandfather Armand, and Micheline Lanctôt as Irène.

Ouellet has described the film as an attempt to incorporate influences from The Godfather, GoodFellas and the films of James Gray into his own filmmaking style, which has traditionally been character drama driven by dialogue rather than plot.[1] The film was shot in and around Ouellet's own hometown of Dégelis in 2021,[4] and had its commercial theatrical premiere in June 2022.[5]

The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2023.[6]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Arsenault et fils – Film de Rafaël Ouellet". Films du Québec, June 13, 2022.
  2. Maxime Demers, "Arsenault & fils: retrouver ses racines". Le Journal de Montréal, June 18, 2022.
  3. François Lévesque, "«Arsenault et fils»: le «country noir» de Rafaël Ouellet". Le Devoir, June 10, 2022.
  4. "Le nouveau film de Rafaël Ouellet tourné en partie à Dégelis". Ici Radio-Canada Première, May 13, 2021.
  5. François Lévesque, "«Arsenault et fils»: la bête ténébreuse". Le Devoir, June 17, 2022.
  6. Jean-Louis Bordeleau, "Le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois s’élargit et dévoile ses finalistes". Le Devoir, January 19, 2023.


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