City Cinema: Little Lorraine

Crime Drama. 14A, coarse language.
Dir: Andy Hines, Canada, 2026, 116 min.
Stephen Amell, Stephen McHattie, Auden Thornton.

“An unbelievable true slice of Canadian history serves as the basis for the crime drama Little Lorraine. It tells the story of how a remote Canadian fishing village with 60 residents became a major hub for cross-border cocaine smuggling in the 1980s… the film is both enthralling and haunting, delivering a story of deception, morality, and community… Set amid the stunning landscape of Little Lorraine in Cape Breton, the film opens in the wake of a devastating 1986 mining explosion that claimed the lives of 10 men. Amidst the mine’s closure, Jimmy is left jobless with a young family to support. His estranged and unreliable great uncle Huey reappears, offering Jimmy a position on his lobster fishing boat – an offer he is in no position to decline… Huey’s true intentions are soon revealed: the men are part of a cocaine smuggling operation… The situation escalates when an Interpol agent determined to dismantle the ring, arrives, setting the players on a collision course… Hines’ debut transforms a forgotten chapter of Canadian history into a very human drama. Little Lorraine proves that reality can be stranger and more gripping than fiction, making it one to watch.” —Rachel West, The Alliance of Women Film Journalists