''Sticky Fingers'' (french: Les Doigts croches) is a 2009 Canadian film written and directed by
Ken Scott
Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff B ...
.
Plot
Set in 1964, Donald Quintal (
Patrice Robitaille
Patrice Robitaille (born 1974) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He is most noted as cowriter with Jean-Philippe Pearson and Ricardo Trogi of the film '' Québec-Montréal'' (2002), for which they won the Jutra Award for Best Screenplay at ...
) meets Father Padre Carmet (Jorge Sabate) at a missionary but is told by Carmet that he cannot be given the money. Donald begins his story that he was a part of ''The Panet Street Gang'' that was made up of six
Montreal
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gangsters, and that four years ago, while they were in
prison
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, they planned a bank heist. When the heist went awry, they all voted to give Jimmy the $2 million from the heist, seeing as he had devoted his life to God, on the condition of promising to share it when they all met again. Jimmy hid under the floor while the other five were taken away. When the five were released from prison, they met at a parish chapel near the Franco-Spanish border. Donald explained to the group that he had received a letter from Jimmy that they were to walk 830
km of the
Camino pilgrimage to
Santiago
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to get their share of the money, with a condition, that they needed to prove that they had changed their character as proof of doing the pilgrimage. They learn that they need pilgrim passports to be able to stay at hostels along the way. They tell the Customs women the truth about themselves and they get their passes. Donald Quintal begins a relationship with Maddy (Aure Atika), the girlfriend of Charles (
Roy Dupuis
Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (; born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known in America for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for ...
) the ''de facto'' leader of the group. They arrive in a village and are directed by a boy on his bike to a church and find the grave marker of Jimmy, who had died of his
heroin
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addiction while staying at Carmet's missionary while the others were incarcerated. Cutting back to the conversation between Quintal and Carmet, Quintal is given the money by being given the location of where it is buried. The gang is arrested in Santiago and while the police are going through their bags looking for the money, it is shown that Maddy has it. The members leave prison and get back to their lives. Maddy distributes the money to each member as she sees fit, leaving Charles a plane ticket to come and find her in Venice.
Cast
*
Patrice Robitaille
Patrice Robitaille (born 1974) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He is most noted as cowriter with Jean-Philippe Pearson and Ricardo Trogi of the film '' Québec-Montréal'' (2002), for which they won the Jutra Award for Best Screenplay at ...
as Donald Quintal
* Jorge Sabate as Father Padre Carmet
*
Roy Dupuis
Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (; born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known in America for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for ...
as Charles Favreau
*
Aure Atika as Maddy
* Gabriel Sabourin as Jimmy
* Jean Pierre Bergeron as Isidore
* Andrea Bonelli as Passport Agent
* Harry Havilio as Old Man
* Claude Legault as Conrad
* Paolo Noël as Eddy
* Donny Quinn as Police officer (as Donny Falsetti)
Reception
References
External links
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2009 films
2009 crime drama films
Canadian crime drama films
Films directed by Ken Scott
Films shot in Argentina
Films shot in Buenos Aires
Films shot in Montreal
Canadian heist films
2009 directorial debut films
Films set in 1964
French-language Canadian films
2000s Canadian films
Canadian gangster films
2000s French-language films
Films scored by Nicolas Errèra