The eponymous district in Montreal's rundown eastern sector is the battleground for this biker movie with an almost anthropological heart. After a downpour opens a huge sinkhole in a Montreal stadium, a Mohawk archaeologist scours the site for the vestiges of the village of Hochelaga, where his Iroquoian ancestors met French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1535. Movie Info A criminal motorcycle gang initiates a young lawbreaker (Dominic Darceuil) who becomes torn between right and wrong. Strong on rituals and gang mores, it follows petty thief Marc as he descends into the hell that is street warfare between the Dark Souls and the Devil's Soldiers. Rack up 500 points and you'll score a $5 reward for more movies. Having to prove his loyalty and courage via several extreme transgressions, he finds himself caught in a conflict just beyond the border gates of conventional urban authority. Francois Girard ('The Red Violin') addresses Montreal's long history in the year of its 375th birthday. This historical fantasia is admirably compact, even if the reduction of so many large themes to a motif or fleeting moment inevitably renders some of them rather heavy-handed. After an unpleasant run-in with a group of bikers, a young convenience store robber (Marc) gets approached by the same bikers to help out with a picnic. The film fast forwards to the deadly epidemic that hit in 1687, long after the village of Hochelaga no longer existed and the area was known as Montreal; the turmoil of the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1837; and a pioneering moment in neurology in 1944. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Hochelaga (2000) - Michel Jetté on AllMovie - A bloody and long-standing feud between two rival… Layer by layer, the dig revealed evidence of Quebec’s entire colonial history and beyond — though of course, he can’t guess at the precise dramas we see depicted in flashback. Marc (Darceuil) is a young delinquent. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including AMC, Stubs, Cinemark Connections, Regal Crown Club when you link accounts. He puts Mohawk-heritage grad student Baptiste (Samian) in charge of the excavation. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! © 2020 Time Out England Limited and affiliated companies owned by Time Out Group Plc. Film. | While his best friend Nose aims to join the Darks, Marc participates in murders of opponents and begins to feel uncomfortable with his new friends. When an English “Redcoat” Captain (Linus Roache) arrives looking for the fugitives, however, she is unable to protect them, or to save her own covert political activities from exposure.