Family Pack (2000 film)

Family Pack
French	Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?
Directed by	Chris Vander Stappen
Written by	Chris Vander Stappen
Produced by	Catherine Burniaux François Charlent Jean-Luc Van Damme Françoise Vercheval Jean-Louis Porchet Gérard Ruey Claude Veillet Arlette Zylberberg Frédéric Bernard
Starring	Marie Bunel Hélène Vincent Mimie Mathy Tsilla Chelton
Cinematography	Michel Houssiau
Edited by	France Duez
Music by	Ionel Petroï Frédéric Vercheval
Production companies	Banana Films CAB Productions
Distributed by	Velvet Films M6 Droits Audiovisuels
Release date	12 October 2000 (2000-10-12)
Running time	98 min
Countries	France Belgium Canada Switzerland
Language	French
Budget	$2.7 million
Box office	$386.000[1]

Family Pack (French: Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?, lit. "What Did Women Do When Men Walked on the Moon?") is a 2000 drama film, directed by Chris Vander Stappen.[2]

Plot

July 1969. After two years in Canada, Sacha is back in her small city in Belgium. She has two disruptive news for her family. The first is that instead of being married or at least engaged, she has a lesbian Canadian girlfriend; and the second is not better: instead of studying radiology in Montreal, she abandoned the studies despite the fact that her family had made huge sacrifices.

Cast

• Marie Bunel as Sacha Kessler
• Hélène Vincent as Esther Kessler
• Mimie Mathy as Elisa Kessler
• Tsilla Chelton as Lea
• Macha Grenon as Odile
• Christian Crahay as Oscar Kessler
• Emmanuel Bilodeau as Antoine
• Michel Israel as Jules
• Jacques Lavallée as Louis
• Marie-Lise Pilote as Debbie
• Mario Saint-Amand as Bob

Production

The movie was first screened to the Chicago International Film Festival in 2000. Before it was released, it was also screened to the Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Italy), in 2001.

In 2002 it was screened to the Febio Film Festival (Czech Republic) and to the Japan International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Japan).

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Chicago International Film Festival	Best Feature	Chris Vander Stappen	Nominated
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Artistic Contribution		Won

References

1. "Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l\'homme marchait sur la lune ? (2001) - JPBox-Office".
2. Lisa Nesselson, "Family Pack". Variety, November 19, 2000.

External links

• Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? at IMDb