Little Lorraine

A 1986 mining explosion that left 10 men dead in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, launches this thrilling drama, inspired by a true story, that merges coastal fishing with an international cocaine smuggling ring.

With the closing of the mine, Jimmy (Stephen Amell, television’s Arrow) is suddenly out of work, just as his untrustworthy great uncle Huey (prolific Nova Scotian actor Stephen McHattie) saunters in with a business proposal: join him on his lobster fishing boat.

Believing it’ll be a way to safely support his family, Jimmy also convinces his friends Tommy (Joshua Close) and Jake (Steve Lund) to join him, and very quickly, the three are rolling in the cash.

Life for all of them is great, until the real purpose of Huey’s scheme — which involves a big ship, bundles of cocaine, and a funeral director and his caskets — is revealed. The men are in too deep, and the situation becomes much worse when an Interpol agent focused on cracking the drug ring arrives (played by hugely popular Colombian musician J Balvin in his first live-action feature).

Boasting a supporting cast including Rhys Darby, Sean Astin, Matt Walsh, and Auden Thornton, Little Lorraine is the feature directorial debut of Andy Hines. A Grammy-nominated music video director, who has worked with Anderson .Paak, Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys, Hines navigates this thrill ride toward an ending you truly can’t predict.

KELLY BOUTSALIS

Content advisory: drug use, mature theme, violence