Driving to the Edge

Driving to the Edge

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 27, 2012

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Dérapages

Production Companies

Cinémaginaire

Director

Paul Arcand

Description

Between 2007 and 2011, 725 Quebecers aged 16 to 24 were killed in car accidents. Excessive speed and alcohol were involved in half of these deaths. To try to understand what is going on in these young drivers' heads when they get behind the wheel, host and documentary filmmaker Paul Arcand met with some of them. On one hand, he gives a voice to these young people who love driving fast. On the other hand, he provides a forum for two accident victims who were injured both physically and psychologically. Finally, the director meets the mother of little Bianca Leduc, who was killed by a drunk driver while she was in the care of her babysitter, and the parents of Michael Borduas, 23, who is severely disabled from an accident.