''Boost'' is a 2016 Canadian

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written and directed by Darren Curtis. The film stars Nabil Rajo and Jahmil French as Hakeem and Anthony/"A-Mac", teenagers in the

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neighbourhood of

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who work at Hakeem's uncle's car wash while simultaneously maintaining a sideline pursuit of passing on tips about valuable cars to the neighbourhood's gang of car thieves. One day, however, they decide to try their hands at undertaking an auto theft themselves. The film's cast also includes Fanny Mallette,

Oluniké Adeliyi Oluniké Adeliyi (born January 5, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She appeared in the 2010 horror film ''Saw 3D'' and starred as Leah Kerns in the television series '' Flashpoint''. Early life Adeliyi was born in Brampton, Ontario, of Jamaican-Nig ...

, Patrick Goyette,

Théodore Pellerin Théodore Pellerin (, born June 13, 1997) is a Canadian film and television actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2018 film '' Family First (Chien de garde)'', for which he won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at ...

and Juliette Gariépy. The film was originally written to be about characters of

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background, but was rewritten in a

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context when Rajo and French were cast as the leads."Montreal filmmaker's car-theft thriller Boost looks under the hood"
''

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'', April 6, 2017. The film was released concurrently in both the original English and dubbed French versions.

Cast

* Nabil Rajo as Hakeem Nour * Jahmil French as Anthony 'A-Mac' Macdonald *

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as Ramaz 'Ram' * Fanny Mallette as Madame Tessier * Patrick Goyette as Detective Belanger * Juliette Gariépy as Maxine *

as Amina Nour * Brent Skagford as Ilija * Marc Rowland as Aleksy *

Juliette Gosselin Juliette Gosselin (born June 15, 1991) is a Canadian actress. Career She made her film debut in the 2004 film ''Battle of the Brave''. In 2005, at the 25th Genie Awards, she was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actre ...

as Anna *

as Dev * Émeraude Lapointe-Provost as Daphne * Jean Petitclerc as Mr. Dibiase * Djibril Toure as Ali Nour

Accolades

The film received five

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nominations at the

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in 2018.

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 drama films English-language Canadian films Canadian crime drama films Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal Black Canadian films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films English-language drama films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub