The Rip-Off is a crime film released in 2006. It follows the story of a skilled pickpocket who gets involved in a high-stakes heist. The protagonist finds himself caught between rival criminal organizations and must outsmart both sides to survive.

A father's love is not enough to keep his dreams and his family together in this drama. Joe Aiello (Tony Nardi) is an Italian immigrant who settled in Montreal and opened a construction firm in the early '60s. Thirty years later, Tony's business is a solid success, and Tony dreams of passing this legacy along to his family. But Tony's wife has passed on, his son Nuccio (Hugolin Chevrette Landesque) is developmentally disabled, and his daughter Bennie (Michele-Barbara Pelletier) can't decide what she wants to do with her life, dropping out of college against her father's wishes shortly before she is to graduate. Despite his disappointment with Nuccio and his exasperation with Bennie, Joe has a fierce love for his children, but Bennie feels that her father's affection is starting to crush her more than it nurtures her.

A worker on satellite wants to escape to earth and go to Montevideo.

Dans un univers post apocalyptique, deux hommes cherchent à sortir... Une mise en scène simple et efficace, bien soutenue par le jeu des acteurs, crée ce sentiment d'être pris au piège.