''Exit 67'' () is a 2010

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(

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) film written and directed by

Jephté Bastien Jephté Bastien is a Canadians, Canadian film director. His debut film, ''Sortie 67'', won the Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time film director at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011. Born in Haiti, Bastien is based in Montreal.

. The film was shot in French, English and Creole language and is set around

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's street gangs. In an interview with Montreal's

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columnist Rima Elkouri, director Jephté Bastien states that the death of his 16 years old nephew inspired him to make the film. The film had its world premiere at the 2010 edition of Montreal's

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. It was named the winner of the

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for the best feature film by a first-time film director, at the

31st Genie Awards The 31st Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2011 to honour films released in 2010.

."Jephté Bastien receives the Claude Jutra Award for 'Sortie 67'"
. ''Sound on Sight'', February 4, 2011.

Synopsis

The following description, was written by Simon Laperrière, a Director and Programmer at the festival, and translated by Rupert Bottenberg, a Montreal-based journalist, was featured in the festival's program catalogue: "A life of crime seems inevitable for Jecko. A mixed-race Québécois with a Haitian background, he witnessed his mother's death at his father's hands when he was eight years old, an event that scarred him for life. Tossed from one foster family to another, Jecko finally finds the sense of belonging he's lacked when he starts hanging out with the young hoodlums of the St-Michel neighbourhood. They invite him to join their gang, promising him money and power, everything he's dreamed of but that he knows polite society will never offer him. For a teenager with few hopes for the future, one highly susceptible to influence, it's not an offer to refuse. Even if it means bending to the will of a violent and domineering gang leader. Even if his initiation is to kill a stranger. Several years later, crime and violence have brought Jecko to the pinnacle of an underworld empire. In this world where riches and respect are earned with a gun, he feels perfectly at home. A number of events have him reconsidering the path before him. With the option of pulling one final crime, his father due out of prison shortly and hopes of building his own family, it's time for Jecko to grab the steering wheel of his destiny. But leaving St-Michel won't be so easy.

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