Young Masters

THE NOISE OF ENGINES
LE BRUIT DES MOTEURS

• Director: Philippe Grégoire
• CANADA / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 79’ / French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Philippe Grégoire
• Director of Photography: Shawn Pavlin
• Editing: Kyril Dubé
• Music: Joël-Aimé Beauchamp
• Cast: Robert Naylor, Tanja Björk, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Naïla Rabel, Alexandrine Agostini, Marc Beaupré, Maxime Genois
• Producer: Andrew Przybytkowski, Philippe Grégoire
• Production Co.: G11C
• World Sales: H264 Distribution

2021 La-Roche-Sur-Yon Grand Jury Special Prize
2021 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal) Quebecor Prize
2021 Los Cabos Grand Prize

Alexandre, a firearms instructor at the Canadian customs college, is placed on compulsory leave for sexual addiction. He takes the opportunity to make a surprise visit to his mother, owner of a drag strip in a small town. As he forms a new friendship with a female Icelandic drag racer, he finds himself under surveillance by eager police officers investigating some sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town. Obviously identifiable in these drawings, Alexandre is now their prime suspect. Full of twists, fast cars, existential angst, and quirky humour, this dark tale had premiered at the New Directors section of the San Sebastian Film Festival. This very low budget film is the debut feature of multi-awarded short films director Philippe Grégoire, who had actually worked as customs officer at the Canada-USA border during his years as a student.

This film is screened with the generous support of the Embassy of Canada to Turkey.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.