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and released in 1989. The film stars

David La Haye David La Haye (born April 19, 1966) is a Canadian actor. Career He began his career in films in Yves Simoneau's ''Dans le ventre du dragon'' opposite such veteran stars as Rémy Girard and Pierre Curzi. With piercing eyes and an intense physic ...

as Lou, an aimless slacker who is dissatisfied with his job distributing flyers around the city, and signs up to be a drug testing subject for two mysterious scientists (

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and

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); meanwhile, his delivery colleagues Steve (

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) and Bozo ( Michel Côté) must team up to find and rescue him before the medical experiments go horribly wrong. The cast also includes

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, Suzanne Champagne and

Pierrette Robitaille Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. Career Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in ''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ...

Reception

The film set what was at the time Quebec's all-time record for box office receipts in the first three days of release and was the third-highest-grossing film in Canada for the year with a gross of C$1.16 million.

Award

Paul Dion received a

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nomination for

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at the

11th Genie Awards The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989. For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independe ...

in 1990."Jesus film leads Genies". ''

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'', February 13, 1990.

References

External links

* 1989 films Canadian science fiction comedy films Films directed by Yves Simoneau French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub