All You Can Eat Buddha

All You Can Eat Buddha
Film poster
Directed by Ian Lagarde
Produced by Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Written by Ian Lagarde
Starring David La Haye
Sylvio Arriola
Edited by Mathieu Grondin
Release date
  • 11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country Canada
Language French

All You Can Eat Buddha (French: All You Can Eat Bouddha) is a 2017 Canadian film directed by Ian Lagarde.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The film centres on Mike, a mysterious guest at a vacation resort in Cuba who appears to have the ability to perform miracles.

Cast

  • David La Haye as Jean-Pierre Villeneuve / J-P Newtown
  • Richard Jutras as Bert
  • Ludovic Berthillot as Mike
  • Sylvio Arriola as Valentino
  • Yaité Ruiz as Esmeralda
  • Alexander Guerrero as Santiago

Accolades

The film received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.[3]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 11 March 2018 Best Director Ian Lagarde Nominated [4]
Best Supporting Actor Sylvio Arriola Nominated
Best Costume Design Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Nominated
Best Sound Sylvain Bellemare, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Hans Laitres Nominated
Best Sound Editing Sylvain Bellemare, Claire Pochon, Simon Meilleur Nominated
Best Make-Up Bruno Gatien Nominated
Prix Iris 3 June 2018 Best Sound Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare, Hans Laitres Nominated [5]
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Ian Lagarde Nominated
Best Make-Up Bruno Gatien Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "All You Can Eat Buddha, set at a Caribbean resort". Repeating Islands. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". The Wrap. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Wilner, Norm (16 January 2018). "The Canadian Screen Awards showers love on (almost) everyone". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "FINALISTES GALA 2018". Prix Iris. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.


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