Boulevard (1994 film)

Boulevard
Directed by Penelope Buitenhuis
Produced by Ilana Frank
Peer J. Oppenheimer
Ray Sager
Peter R. Simpson
Written by Andrea Wilde
Starring Rae Dawn Chong
Kari Wuhrer
Lou Diamond Phillips
Lance Henriksen
Joel Bissonnette
Judith Scott
Music by Ian Thomas
Cinematography David Frazee
Edited by Bernadette Kelly
Running time
95 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Boulevard is a 1994 Canadian crime thriller film starring Rae Dawn Chong, Kari Wuhrer and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Plot

The film is about a woman named Jennefer (played by Kari Wuhrer) who runs from her abusive husband, gives her baby up for adoption and ends up on the streets during a grim and cold winter in Toronto. She's taken in by a prostitute named Ola (played by Rae Dawn Chong). Ola sees her pimp Hassan (Lou Diamond Phillips) murder another prostitute but refuses to testify against him, knowing that Hassan has associates that will kill her. A police officer named McClaren (Lance Henriksen) attempts to interrogate her and she is deported. Jennefer then becomes a prostitute under Hassan and later confronts her husband who tracks her down with the intent on killing her.

Cast

Reception

Allmovie critic Sandra Brennan gave the film 1½ stars out of 5.[1]

References

  1. Sandra Brennan. "allmovie ((( Boulevard > Overview )))". Allmovie. Retrieved 2007-08-30.

External links

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