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after witnessing a crime committed by Jackhammer, the leader of a local biker gang. Assigned to a rural trailer park with the new name Marcel Paquette, he has to fight to stay alive after the gang organizes a plan to find him and retaliate. The cast also includes Sylvie Moreau,

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and Yves Pelletier. The film received three Genie Award nominations at the

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, for Best Art Direction/Production Design (

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), Best Costume Design ( Sophia Lefebvre) and Best Sound Editing (Guy Pelletier, Claire Pochon, Marie-Claude Gagné, Jean-Philippe Savard and Guy Francoeur). At the

7th Jutra Awards The 7th Jutra Awards were held on February 20, 2005 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2004.

, the film was presented with the Billet d'or as the year's top-grossing Quebec film, and

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was nominated for Best Hair."A lesser celebration". ''

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'', February 19, 2005.

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* 2004 films 2004 comedy films Canadian crime comedy films Quebec films Films about witness protection French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films 2000s crime comedy films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub