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and released in 2007. The film stars Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay as Jessy Blais, a 12-year-old boy living in the impoverished

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neighbourhood in

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, who aspires to become a professional wrestler to escape his circumstances. The cast also includes

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and Suzanne Lemoine as Jessy's parents Claude and Maryse, Maxime Dumontier as his brother Sam and

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as his sister Kelly, as well as Jason Roy Léveillée,

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and

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in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the

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on October 6, 2007,"En bref - Le Ring à Berlin"
''

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'', September 29, 2007. and was screened on October 18 at the

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in Montreal, before opening commercially on October 26. It was also subsequently screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. The film received two

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in 2008, for Best Art Direction (David Pelletier) and Best Original Music (

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). Major won the award for Best Original Music."Continental, Silk score at Quebec's Jutra film awards"

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, March 10, 2008.

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* 2007 films 2007 drama films Canadian coming-of-age drama films Canadian wrestling films Films directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal French-language Canadian films Canadian sports drama films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub