Trash

Oct 2, 2011

1h 34m

★ 4.7

Overview

Thanks to his wife Madeleine, a social worker who saved him from the street when he was 17-years-old, Pierre Dalpé has become a prosperous entrepreneur, running a garbage-collection business in the Montreal area. His quiet happiness with his wife and their children changes when he crosses paths with Eve, a teenage drug addict/prostitute who belongs to a street gang.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Forum Films

Remstar Productions

Société Radio-Canada

Trash Trailers

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Cast

Pierre Dalpé

David Boutin

Madeleine

Isabel Richer

Eve

Sophie Desmarais

Aristide

Ralph Prosper

Alex

Alexandre Pilon

Micky

Clauter Alexandre

Titus Petrescu

Sherban Popa

Corine Petrescu

Rodica Zenecan

Mô

Réginald St-Èloy

Richard

Claude Lemieux

Marcel

Sylvain Massé

Christian

Hugo Giroux

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