Le Banquet

Le Banquet
Directed by Sébastien Rose
Produced by Pierre Even
Written by Sébastien Rose
Hubert-Yves Rose
Starring Alexis Martin
Raymond Bouchard
Benoît McGinnis
Catherine de Léan
Cinematography Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by Carina Baccanale
Dominique Fortin
Production
company
Cirrus Communications
Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Release date
  • August 26, 2008 (2008-08-26)
(MWFF)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Canada
Language French

Le Banquet is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2008.[1]

Set at an unnamed university in Montreal amidst the backdrop of a student strike over rising tuition fees, the film centres on Bertrand (Alexis Martin), an idealistic young professor who battles the university administration after it refuses to expel a problem student (Benoît McGinnis) who is being disruptive in Bertrand's class.[2]

The film's cast also includes Raymond Bouchard, Frédéric Pierre, Catherine de Léan, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Yves Jacques, Émile Proulx-Cloutier and Paul Ahmarani.

Award nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009:[3]

It did not win any of the awards.

References

  1. ↑ "Banquet, Le – Film de Sébastien Rose". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Film casts much-needed critical eye on our universities; Fictional film paints schools as money pits with indifferent staff and students". Montreal Gazette, September 4, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". National Post, February 11, 2009.
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