| Le Banquet | |
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| Directed by | Sébastien Rose |
| Produced by | Pierre Even |
| Written by | Sébastien Rose Hubert-Yves Rose |
| Starring |
Alexis Martin Raymond Bouchard Benoît McGinnis Catherine de Léan |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Bolduc |
| Edited by | Carina Baccanale Dominique Fortin |
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Production
company |
Cirrus Communications
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| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
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Release date
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Le Banquet is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2008.
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.
The film's cast also includes Raymond Bouchard, Frédéric Pierre, Catherine de Léan, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Yves Jacques and Paul Ahmarani.
The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009:
It did not win any of the awards.