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The Noise of Engines

The Noise of Engines

2021 · 79 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Comedy

Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, returns home to his small town after his employer places him on compulsory leave. As he forms a new friendship with a female Icelandic drag racer, he finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.

Directed by Philippe Grégoire · Written by Philippe Grégoire

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