Dusk For A Hitman--The Tale of Donald Lavoie Starring Éric Bruneau--Available On Digital & On Demand April 19th, 2024

                                                       

DUSK FOR A HITMAN was co-written by Martin Girard (A Family Secret, Nitro Rush) and co-written and directed by Raymond St-Jean (A Chair Fit for an Angel, "Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft").

Éric Bruneau as“Donald Lavoie” in the action/thriller, DUSK FOR A HITMAN, a Saban Films release. Photo courtesy of Saban Films

The film stars Éric Bruneau (The Fall of the American Empire, "Coroner"), Benoît Gouin (Lac Mystère, Québec-Montréal), Rose-Marie Perreault (Fake Tattoos, Most Wanted), Sylvain Marcel (Aline, Lac Mystère), Simon Landry-Desy (Me Without You, Pharmakon), and Joakim Robillard (Underground, Chasse-Galerie).

Benoit Gouin as“Claude Dubois” in the action/thriller, DUSK FOR A HITMAN, a Saban Films release. Photo courtesy of Saban Films

In DUSK FOR A HITMAN, Hitman, Donald Lavoie faces an impossible order: eliminate his own family for mob boss Claude Dubois. Detectives offer him a way out by making him their informant, putting Donald in a perilous balancing act between loyalty and survival.

Run Time: 107 minutes | Rating: R

Simon Landry Desy as“Carl Lavoie” in the action/thriller, DUSK FOR A HITMAN, a Saban Films release. Photo courtesy of Saban Films.

 

Éric Bruneau as “Donald Lavoie”in the action/thriller, DUSK FOR A HITMAN, a Saban Films release. Photo courtesy of Saban Films.

From the production notes:

ÉRIC BRUNEAU is one of the most sought-after and well-rounded Quebec actors of his generation, both on stage and on the big and small screens. Éric has appeared in the popular TV series Annie et ses hommes, Musée Éden, Tu m'aimes-tu? and Mensonges I-II-III-IV. 

He played a starring role in three seasons of Blue Moon, Trop, and Coroner. His television performances have earned him several nominations at the Gala des prix Gémeaux and the Gala Artis. 

In 2022-23, he was shooting Avant le crash I-II, the first TV series he co-wrote with Kim Lévesque Lizotte, and will soon begin shooting Double faute, which he also co-wrote with Louis Morissette and Marie-Hélène Lebeau-Taschereau. On stage, he has appeared in some of Quebec's most prestigious and successful productions, including Christine, lareine-garçon, Equus, Élisabeth, roi d'Angleterre, Un simple soldat, Tom à la ferme, Les liaisons dangereuses, La Divine Illusion, Caligula, La mort d'un commis voyageur, La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé and Les Trois sœurs.

His film credits include Les Etats-Unis d'Albert and Coteau Rouge (A. Forcier), Les pieds dans le vide (M. Woolfe), Gerry (A. Desrochers), Les Amours Imaginaires, Laurence Anyways (X. Dolan) and Le règne de la beauté (Denys Arcand). He then appeared in Crépuscule pour un tueur (R. St-Jean), Sugar (V. Sarin), and, in 2023, André Fortier's Ababouiné

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Opening credits:

Although this story is inspired by real-life events from the life of Donald Lavoie, the other characters and their relationships with any other character, incidents, locations, and dialogues have been fictionalized or invented for dramatic purposes.

Any resemblance to a living or historical person is purely for the purpose of fiction.

From the production notes:

Filmoption International Presents A Production Crépuscule Inc. Production

Produced with the Financial Participation of Sodec Québec, Téléfilm Canada

Produced with the Financial Participation of

Québec-Film and Television Tax Credit Canada- 

The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit

Le Fonds Harold Greenberg

In Collaboration with

Radio-Canada

CRAVE–A subsidiary of Bell Media Inc