{{Infobox film | name = Le Banquet | image = | caption = | director = [[Sébastien Rose]] | producer = [[Pierre Even (producer)|Pierre Even]] | writer = Sébastien Rose<br>Hubert-Yves Rose | starring = [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]]<br>[[Raymond Bouchard]]<br>[[Benoît McGinnis]]<br>[[Catherine De Léan]] | music = | cinematography = [[Nicolas Bolduc]] | editing = [[Carina Baccanale]]<br>[[Dominique Fortin]] | released = {{film date|2008|08|26}} ([[Montreal World Film Festival|MWFF]]) | studio = Cirrus Communications | distributor = [[Alliance Atlantis]] | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Canada | language = French }} '''''Le Banquet''''' is a Canadian drama film from [[Quebec]], directed by [[Sébastien Rose]] and released in 2008.<ref>[http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/banquet-sebastien-rose/ "Banquet, Le – Film de Sébastien Rose"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 1, 2009.</ref> The film's original working title was ''Comme une flamme''.<ref>Paul Journet, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/entrevues/201207/17/01-4555335-comme-une-flamme-de-sebastien-rose-quand-luniversite-senflamme.php "Comme une flamme de Sébastien Rose : quand l’université s’enflamme"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', November 2, 2007.</ref>
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 (actor)|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.<ref>"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.</ref>
== Cast ==
* [[Larissa Corriveau]] as Karine * [[Benoît McGinnis]] as Gilbert * [[Frédéric Pierre (actor)|Frédéric Pierre]] as Louis-Ferdinand * [[Raymond Bouchard]] as Jean-Marc - Recteur * [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]] as Bertrand * [[Catherine De Léan]] as Natasha * [[Émile Proulx-Cloutier]] as Stéphane * [[Maxime Le Flaguais]] s Marcel * [[Yves Jacques]] as Rivard * [[Paul Ahmarani]] as Réalisateur
==Award nominations== The film garnered five [[Genie Award]] nominations at the [[29th Genie Awards]] in 2009:<ref>"Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". ''[[National Post]]'', February 11, 2009.</ref> *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]: McGinnis *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]: [[Nicolas Bolduc]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound|Best Overall Sound]]: Mario Auclair, [[Luc Boudrias]] and [[François Senneville]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Editing|Best Editing]]: [[Dominique Fortin]] and [[Carina Baccanale]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]: François Senneville, [[Antoine Morin]] and [[Carole Gagnon]] It did not win any of the awards.
It received three [[Jutra Award]] nominations at the [[11th Jutra Awards]], for [[Prix Iris for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Martin), [[Prix Iris for Best Editing|Best Editing]] (Fortin, Baccanale) and [[Prix Iris for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] ([[Ginette Magny]]).<ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4551900-11e-soiree-des-jutra-les-finalistes.php "11e Soirée des Jutra : les finalistes"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', February 17, 2009.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|1081956}}
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