''The Noise of Engines'' (french: Le bruit des moteurs) is a 2021 Canadian drama film, written, produced, and directed by Philippe Grégoire.Ben Croll
"How ‘The Noise of Engines’ Director Philippe Gregoire Pulled Off the Ultimate Family Movie"
'' Variety'', November 30, 2021. The film stars Robert Naylor as Alexandre, a

Canada Border Services Agency The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA; french: Agence des services frontaliers du Canada, ''ASFC'') is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border control (i.e. protection and surveillance), immigration enforcement, and cu ...

instructor who returns to his hometown after being suspended from work following an unverified sexual assault allegation, who befriends Icelandic drag racer Aðalbjörg ( Tanja Björk) while under surveillance by the police because of a spate of pornographic

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in the town.Marc-André Couillard
"Le bruit des moteurs : un premier long métrage tourné dans la région"
''Le Reflet'', June 17, 2019. The cast also includes Alexandrine Agostini, Marc Beaupré, Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Huguette Chevalier, Patrice Dussault, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Maxime Genois, Vial Grégoire, Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson, Nadia Kessiby, Marc Larrivée, Gabrielle Lessard, Virginie Ouellet, Naïla Rabel and Charles Voyer. The film was inspired in part by Grégoire's own background as a Canada Border Services Agency employee, and was shot primarily in Grégoire's hometown of

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but also partly in

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. The film premiered at the

69th San Sebastián International Film Festival The 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 17 to 25 September 2021 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Zhang Yimou's '' One Second''. Marion Cotillard and Johnny Depp were awarded the Donostia Awa ...

on September 19, 2021. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma.André Duchesne
"Festival du nouveau cinéma: La programmation dévoilée"
'' La Presse'', September 28, 2021.

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* 2021 films 2021 drama films Canadian drama films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec Quebec films French-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub