Lunch with Charles

{{Short description|2001 Canadian-Hong Kong film by Michael Parker}} {{Infobox film | name = Lunch with Charles | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Michael Parker | producer = Michael Parker Shan Tam | writer = Michael Parker | starring = [[Sean Lau]] [[Theresa Lee]] [[Nicholas Lea]] [[Bif Naked]] [[Tom Scholte]] | music = [[Simon Kendall]] | cinematography = John Houtman | editing = Michelle Floyd Grace Yuen | studio = WJ Film Productions Foreign Exchange Films Holiday Pictures | distributor = Long Shong Entertainment Group | released = {{film date|2001|01|14}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Canada Hong Kong | language = English Cantonese | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Lunch with Charles''''' is a romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Michael Parker and released in 2001.<ref>Ken Eisner, [https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/lunch-with-charles-1200469604/ "Lunch with Charles"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', August 5, 2001.</ref> A co-production of companies from Canada and Hong Kong, the film stars [[Sean Lau]] as Tong, a Hong Kong musician and businessman who has been living apart from his wife April ([[Theresa Lee]]) for three years due to his reluctance to join her when her career in public relations took her to [[Vancouver]].

Believing that she is having an affair, he now travels to Vancouver to track her down, staying at a bed and breakfast run by Matthew ([[Nicholas Lea]]) and Natasha ([[Bif Naked]]), just as April is about to head to [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]] with her client Tom ([[Tom Scholte]]) in hopes of signing a popular rock band to endorse his product,<ref>Norman Wilner, "Lunch leaves you hungry". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 27, 2001.</ref> with Matthew, Natasha and Tong also following after the band's lead singer quits, and their manager Charles (Philip Granger), an old friend of Natasha's from her own days as a musician, calls and asks her to replace him.<ref>Marke Andrews, "Road movie could use higher octane: B.C.-made indie comedy stalls on its way to Banff". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', January 26, 2001.</ref>

The film won three [[Leo Awards]] in 2001, for Best Director (Parker), Best Screenwriter (Parker) and Best Musical Score ([[Simon Kendall]]),<ref>Alexandra Gill, "Da Vinci breaks out the bubbly". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 14, 2001.</ref> and was also nominated for Best Film, Best Actor (Lea), Best Cinematography (John Houtman), Best Production Design (Michael Bjornson).<ref>"Leo nominations announced". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', April 13, 2001.</ref> Kendall, [[Tom Landa]] and [[Geoffrey Kelly]] received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[22nd Genie Awards]] in 2001 for the song "Parting Glass".<ref>"Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', December 13, 2001.</ref>

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