Le Banquet

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

Le Banquet
Directed bySébastien Rose
Produced byPierre Even
Written bySébastien Rose
Hubert-Yves Rose
StarringAlexis Martin
Raymond Bouchard
Benoît McGinnis
Catherine De Léan
CinematographyNicolas Bolduc
Edited byCarina Baccanale
Dominique Fortin
Production
company
Cirrus Communications
Distributed byAlliance Atlantis
Release date
  • August 26, 2008 (2008-08-26)
(MWFF)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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, Larissa Corriveau and Paul Ahmarani.

Award nominations

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

  • Best Supporting Actor: McGinnis
  • Best Cinematography: Nicolas Bolduc
  • Best Overall Sound: Mario Auclair, Luc Boudrias and François Senneville
  • Best Editing: Dominique Fortin and Carina Baccanale
  • Best Sound Editing: François Senneville, Antoine Morin and Carole Gagnon

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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