Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles in the surreal storyline of Kim Nguyen’s Truffe, now shooting in Montreal with star Roy Dupuis.

The black comedy ‘is about consumer society and is also meant as a tribute to one of Montreal’s oldest industrial neighborhoods,’ says Nguyen. Shot in black and white, the $1.2-million picture has attracted major talent, including Dupuis (Maurice Richard), Céline Bonnier (Délivrez-moi), Pierre Lebeau (Bon Cop, Bad Bop) and Danielle Proulx (C.R.A.Z.Y.).

‘We have an amazing cast and it keeps growing,’ says Nguyen. ‘It started with Roy and then others read the script and liked it. I think people are attracted to its surreal elements.’

Dupuis plays an ‘elite’ truffle hunter who owns a snack bar in Montreal’s Hochelaga/Maissoneuve neighborhood that’s atop a store of the prized underground fungi. ‘They build a cave underneath their restaurant and have their own truffle mine,’ Nguyen explains.

The film, which is produced, written and directed by Nguyen, will be distributed by Christal Films. Shooting wraps May 3.