''Norbourg'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Maxime Giroux Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada. Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film '' The Days (Les Jours)'' won the prize for be ...

and released in 2022.Élizabeth Lepage-Boily
"Vincent-Guillaume Otis brille dans la nouvelle bande-annonce de Norbourg"
''Showbizz'', December 14, 2021. A dramatization of the real-life

Norbourg scandal The Norbourg scandal is a major financial scandal that took place in 2005. The scandal involved the Montreal, Quebec based Norbourg Financial Group, a trust-fund company founded by Vincent Lacroix. He diverted money from a Norbourg trust fund for p ...

of 2005, the film stars François Arnaud as company president Vincent Lacroix, and

Vincent-Guillaume Otis Vincent-Guillaume Otis (born April 13, 1978) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his roles in the television series ''District 31'', for which he won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2018, and the film '' Nor ...

as vice-president Éric Asselin. The cast also includes

Christine Beaulieu Christine Beaulieu is a Canadian actress and playwright from Quebec. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, and a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 18 ...

, Alexandre Goyette and

Guy Thauvette Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Infiltration (2017 film), Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for ...

. The film was slated to premiere on February 5, 2022, at the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska. Its one of ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

; however, due to the organizers' decision in January to cancel the planned in-person screenings and shift to an online model in light of the continued

COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported t ...

, it did not premiere at that time.Johanne Fournier
"Le festival «Vues dans la tête de…» annule l’avant-première du film Norbourg"
'' Le Nouvelliste'', January 28, 2022. The film had its commercial premiere on April 22.

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* 2022 films 2022 drama films Canadian drama films Films set in Quebec Films shot in Quebec Films directed by Maxime Giroux Canadian films based on actual events French-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub