The Noise of Engines

Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, returns home to his small town after his employer places him on compulsory leave. As he forms a new friendship with a female Icelandic drag racer, he finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.

Post-screening Q&A

Director: Philippe Grégoire
Writer: Philippe Grégoire
Producers: Andrew Przybytkowski, Philippe Grégoire
DOP: Shawn Pavlin
Editor: Kyril Dubé
Production Designers: Suzel D. Smith, Gabrielle Falardeau
Music: Joël-Aimé Beauchamp

Cast: Robert Naylor, Tanja Björk, Naïla Rabel, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Alexandrine Agostini, Marc Beaupré, Maxime Genois

Preceded by a short film:

Woodpecker

Directed by Kevin T. Landry | 20 Minutes | Drama | Toronto Premiere

More than a decade after she abandoned him, Émile accepts his mother Fanny’s invitation to come work with her on an isolated logging camp. While he foolishly expected a joyful reunion, the boy is pitted against a hostile environment and a woman with a distinct lack of maternal instinct.