Le Banquet

Le Banquet
Directed bySébastien Rose
Written bySébastien Rose
Hubert-Yves Rose
Produced byPierre Even
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

Le Banquet is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2008.[1] The film's original working title was Comme une flamme.[2]

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.[3]

The film's cast also includes Raymond Bouchard, Frédéric Pierre, Catherine De Léan, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Yves Jacques, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Larissa Corriveau, Paul Savoie, Maxime Le Flaguais and Paul Ahmarani.

Cast

Award nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009:[4]

It did not win any of the awards.

It received three Jutra Award nominations at the 11th Jutra Awards, for Best Actor (Martin), Best Editing (Fortin, Baccanale) and Best Costume Design (Ginette Magny).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Banquet, Le – Film de Sébastien Rose". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
  2. ^ Paul Journet, "Comme une flamme de Sébastien Rose : quand l’université s’enflamme". La Presse, November 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". National Post, February 11, 2009.
  5. ^ "11e Soirée des Jutra : les finalistes". La Presse, February 17, 2009.