Le Banquet is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2008. The film's original working title was Comme une flamme.
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.
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Cast
Larissa Corriveau as Karine
Benoît McGinnis as Gilbert
Frédéric Pierre as Louis-Ferdinand
Raymond Bouchard as Jean-Marc - Recteur
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:
Best Supporting Actor: McGinnis
Best Cinematography: Nicolas Bolduc
Best Overall Sound: Mario Auclair, Luc Boudrias and François Senneville
Best Editing: Dominique Fortin and Carina Baccanale
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 Best Actor (Martin), Best Editing (Fortin, Baccanale) and Best Costume Design (Ginette Magny).