Boost (film)

Boost is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Darren Curtis.

The film stars Nabil Rajo and Jahmil French as Hakeem and Anthony/"A-Mac", teenagers in the Park Extension neighbourhood of Montreal who work at Hakeem's uncle's car wash while simultaneously maintaining a sideline pursuit of passing on tips about valuable cars to the neighbourhood's gang of car thieves. One day, however, they decide to try their hands at undertaking an auto theft themselves. The film's cast also includes Fanny Mallette, Oluniké Adeliyi, Patrick Goyette, Théodore Pellerin and Juliette Gariépy.

The film was originally written to be about characters of South Asian background, but was rewritten in a Black Canadian context when Rajo and French were cast as the leads. The film was released concurrently in both the original English and dubbed French versions.

Cast

 * Nabil Rajo as Hakeem Nour
 * Jahmil French as Anthony 'A-Mac' Macdonald
 * Ntare Mwine as Ramaz 'Ram'
 * Fanny Mallette as Madame Tessier
 * Patrick Goyette as Detective Belanger
 * Juliette Gariépy as Maxine
 * Oluniké Adeliyi as Amina Nour
 * Brent Skagford as Ilija
 * Marc Rowland as Aleksy
 * Juliette Gosselin as Anna
 * Théodore Pellerin as Dev
 * Émeraude Lapointe-Provost as Daphne
 * Jean Petitclerc as Mr. Dibiase
 * Djibril Toure as Ali Nour

Accolades
The film received five Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.