Romeo Eleven

{{short description|2011 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Romeo Eleven | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Roméo Onze}} | image = Romeo Eleven.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Ivan Grbovic | producer = Paul Barbeau | writer = Ivan Grbovic<br>Sara Mishara | starring = Ali Ammar | music = Charles Ives<br>Hans Otter<br>Lucas Yeague | cinematography = Sara Mishara | editing = Hubert Hayaud | studio = Reprise Films | distributor = Métropole Films | released = {{Film date|2011|7|7|Karlovy|df=yes}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = Canada | language = French }} '''''Romeo Eleven''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Roméo Onze'''}}) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Ivan Grbovic, and written by Grbovic and Sara Mishara.<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 85}}</ref>

Set in Montreal's Lebanese Christian community, the film is a coming-of-age story about a physically handicapped 20-year-old man who must face his insecurities about his disability when he is invited out on a date by a woman he has been chatting with on the internet.<ref name="van Hoeij">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/romeo-eleven-1117945629/|title=Review: 'Romeo Eleven'|last=van Hoeij|first=Boyd|date=11 July 2011|work=Variety|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>

The film had its theatrical premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2011, and its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2012.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/romeo-onze-grbovic/ "Roméo Onze – Film d’Ivan Grbovic"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 9, 2012.</ref>

==Cast== * Ali Ammar as Rami * Joseph Bou Nassar as Ziad * Sanda Bourenane as Sabine * Eleonore Millier * May Hilal * Caline Habib as Nada * Ziad Ghanem as Bassam * Karim Traiaia as Martin * Inka Malovic as Hostess

==Accolades== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan=5 | Jutra Awards | rowspan=5 | March 17, 2013 | Best Film | Paul Barbeau | {{nom}} | rowspan=5 | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/spotlight-shines-on-quebec-cinema-at-the-jutra-awards-1.1368459 "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards"]. CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013.</ref> |- | Best Director | Ivan Grbovic | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor | Ali Ammar | {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay | Ivan Grbovic, Sara Mishara | {{nom}} |- | Best Editing | Hubert Hayaud | {{nom}} |- | Prix collégial du cinéma québécois | 2013 | Best Film | ''Romeo Eleven'' | {{nom}} | <ref>[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2013/03/26/laurence-anyways-remporte-le-prix-collegial-du-cinema-quebecois/ "LAURENCE ANYWAYS REMPORTE LE PRIX COLLÉGIAL DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS"]. ''Voir'', March 26, 2013.</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|1590970|Romeo Eleven}}

Category:2011 films Category:2011 drama films Category:2010s coming-of-age drama films Category:Films directed by Ivan Grbovic Category:Canadian coming-of-age drama films Category:Films set in Montreal Category:Films shot in Montreal Category:Films about disability in Canada Category:Lebanese-Canadian culture Category:Middle Eastern–Canadian culture in Quebec Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2011 Canadian films Category:2011 French-language films