Malarek
– Malarek is a film directed by Roger Cardinal in 1989. Ex-juvenile offender Victor Malarek catches a ..
Malarek is a film directed by Roger Cardinal in 1989. Ex-juvenile offender Victor Malarek catches a break when he's hired as a cub reporter for the Montreal Star. After witnessing a cop murder a street kid, Malarek dedicates himself to exposing corruption in the social welfare system.
03 Mar 1989
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Roger Cardinal
Avrum Jacobson, Victor Malarek (autobiography)
Elias Koteas, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman, Daniel Pilon
Based on Victor Malarek's best-selling autobiography, this is the extraordinary true story of a streetwise kid who emerges from a violent and unjust background to become a top journalistic reporter. The gunning down of an unarmed juvenile by a trigger happy cop leads the young reporter, Victor Malarek, into an investigation of the local detention center and its record of suspicious deaths.
3 nominations.