The Ring (2007 film)

The Ring (French: Le Ring), also known in some releases as The Fight, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and released in 2007.[1] The film stars Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay as Jessy Blais, a 12 year old boy living in the impoverished Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood in Montreal, who aspires to become a professional wrestler to escape his circumstances.[2]

The Ring
FrenchLe Ring
Directed byAnaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Produced byIan Quenneville
Thomas Ramoisy
Written byRenée Beaulieu
StarringMaxime Desjardins-Tremblay
Stéphane Demers
Julianne Côté
Music byCatherine Major
CinematographyPhilippe Lavalette
Edited byCarina Baccanale
Production
company
INIS-Relève
Distributed byChristal Films
Release date
  • October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06) (Busan)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Stéphane Demers and Suzanne Lemoine as Jessy's parents Claude and Maryse, Maxime Dumontier as his brother Sam and Julianne Côté as his sister Kelly, as well as Jason Roy-Léveillée, Émile Proulx-Cloutier and René-Daniel Dubois in supporting roles.

The film had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2007,[3] and was screened on October 18 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal, before opening commercially on October 26.[4] It was also subsequently screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008, for Best Art Direction (David Pelletier) and Best Original Music (Catherine Major). Major won the award for Best Original Music.[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ring, Le – Film d’Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette". Films du Québec, June 2, 2009.
  2. Kevin Laforest, "Le Ring : Le battant". Voir, October 25, 2007.
  3. "En bref - Le Ring à Berlin". Le Devoir, September 29, 2007.
  4. Normand Provencher, "Le ring : leçon de courage". La Presse, October 27, 2007.
  5. "Continental, Silk score at Quebec's Jutra film awards". CBC Arts, March 10, 2008.


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