VIE D'RUELLES

LIFE IN THE ALLEY

By Ara BALL

LA CRÉATIVE FILMS - as PROD / FIN

Drama - Completed 2016

This is the story of four people: ODNEY, RAJNI, ALUKI and MUFEEDA. Four lives, four journeys that led them in a search for freedom. Together they decide to live on the fringe of society and to finally find a place where they can do things their way.

Festivals
& Awards

Talent tout court - Cannes 2016
OFF-Courts - Trouville 2016
Audience Award
SPASM 2016
Festival International du film francophone en Acadie (FICFA) 2016
RVCQ 2017
Best short film / Vans Award / Parce que Films Award
Festival Regard 2017
Audience Award
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • CREOLE, FRENCH-CANADIAN
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 16 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ara BALL
    • Producer(s)
    • Mylène CORBEIL (La Créative Films), Estelle CHAMPOUX (La Créative Films)
    • Synopsis
    • An abandoned alley north of Montreal. Four individuals looking for their freedom and a new start. Four paths that intersect and lead ODNEY, RAJNI ALUKI and MUFEEDA to build a new life. Life in the Alley.

      Odney meets Rajni in a homeless shelter. Aluki knocks on Odney’s door in the middle of the night. Mufeeda immigrated here with no family or children. Their alley is a place where freedom has meaning. They live together in peace, respect and simplicity. Together they become a new family, a gang. They are: The Power Force and nothing will stop them!