Funkytown is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Daniel Roby and written by Steve Galluccio.

[1] starring Patrick Huard, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch and Raymond Bouchard.

By the early 1980s political issues such as Quebec's 1980 independence referendum had fractured and polarized the city, and Montreal had also begun to experience a decade of economic decline.

[2] In June 2009, it was announced that Patrick Huard had been cast to play the lead role in the film, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch, Raymond Bouchard, François Létourneau and Geneviève Brouillette being also cast in supporting roles, with Daniel Roby directing from a screenplay by Steve Galluccio.

[3] Some scenes of the film were in fact shot inside, outside and in the surroundings of the building which had housed the Lime Light, at 1258 Stanley Street.