Scratch (2015 film)

Scratch
Directed by Sébastien Godron
Produced by Christine Falco
Written by Sébastien Godron
Starring Raphaël Joseph Lafond
Fayolle Jean, Jr.
Schelby Jean-Baptiste
Music by Jenny Salgado
Luc St-Pierre
André Courcy
Cinematography Michel St-Martin
Edited by Hubert Hayaud
Production
companies
Camera Oscura
Distributed by Filmoption
Release dates
  • July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Canada
Language French

Scratch is a Canadian musical drama film from Quebec, released in 2015. The directorial debut of Sébastien Godron, the film centres on a family of Haitian Canadian immigrants in Montréal-Nord.[1] The primary characters are Angelot/"Leslie" (Raphaël Joseph Lafond), an aspiring hip hop musician, and his brother Frantz (Fayolle Jean, Jr.), a pimp who sets the film's events in motion when he is arrested and imprisoned.[1]

The cast also includes Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Samian, Lovhard Dorvilliers, Dominique Laguë (vocal percussionist) and Fayolle Jean (Sr.).

At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, Jenny Salgado won the award for Best Original Song, for "C’est aujourd’hui que je sors".[2] At the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards, the film garnered nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Schelby Jean-Baptiste), Best Editing (Hubert Hayaud) and Best Original Music (Jenny Salgado, André Courcy and Luc St-Pierre).[3]

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