Rédemption (2013)

Alain reunites with his family after spending ten years behind bars for drug trafficking. Rehabilitated, he intends on taking advantage of this second chance to rebuild his life on the straight and narrow. He will do everything he can to win back the heart and trust of Sophie, the woman he shared his life with at the time. In contact with his brother Danny, a small-time gangster with impulsive behavior, he will have to face obstacles he thought he no longer had to overcome. Blood ties will jeopardize his new relationship with Sophie and his aspirations to stay away from crime.

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Top billed cast

Patrice GodinAlain Gagné
Joël GauthierDanny Gagné
Isabelle O'BrienSophie
France PilotteMicheline
Valérie RoyKarine
Roberto MeiMike
Marc FournierSylvain Bouchard
Zoé BéliveauEve Gagné
Julien PoulinGilles Mercier
Mathieu DufresnePierre-Luc Chayer

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