The Vinland Club (French: Le Club Vinland) is a Canadian drama film that was directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Sébastien Ricard as Frère Jean, a priest teaching at a private Roman Catholic school in the Charlevoix region of Quebec in the 1940s who enlists his students in a project to locate archaeological evidence of the ancient Norse settlement of Vinland.[2]
| The Vinland Club | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| French | Le Club Vinland |
| Directed by | Benoît Pilon |
| Written by | Normand Bergeron Benoît Pilon Marc Robitaille |
| Produced by | Chantal Lafleur |
| Starring | Sébastien Ricard Rémy Girard François Papineau Fabien Cloutier |
| Cinematography | François Gamache |
| Edited by | Richard Comeau |
| Music by | Guido Del Fabbro Pierre Lapointe |
Production company | Productions Avenida |
| Distributed by | Les Films Opale |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film's cast also includes Rémy Girard, François Papineau, Fabien Cloutier, Arnaud Vachon, Xavier Huard, Émilie Bibeau, Guy Thauvette, Guy Sprung, and Émile Schneider.
The film was originally slated for release on April 17, 2020,[3] but that was delayed by the shutdown of movie theatres in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[4] The film had its world premiere at the Beijing International Film Festival in August 2020 and had its North American premiere later that year at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival on October 31.[5]
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Iris | June 6, 2021 | Best Film | Chantal Lafleur | Nominated | [6][7][8] |
| Best Director | Benoît Pilon | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Sébastien Ricard | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Rémy Girard | Nominated | |||
| Revelation of the Year | Arnaud Vachon | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Normand Bergeron, Benoît Pilon, Marc Robitaille | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Direction | Patrice Bengle, Louise Tremblay | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | François Gamache | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Francesca Chamberland | Won | |||
| Best Hair | André Duval | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Music | Guido Del Fabbro, Pierre Lapointe | Nominated | |||
| Best Casting | Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson | Nominated | |||
| Public Prize | Benoît Pilon, Chantal Lafleur | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ Vachon, Jean-François (October 31, 2020). "Club Vinland: ode aux enseignants". Le Citoyen.
- ^ Lussier, Marc-André (December 5, 2019). "Une bande-annonce pour Le club Vinland". La Presse (in French).
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Le Club Vinland à l’affiche le 17 avril 2020". Films du Québec, December 6, 2019.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Le Club Vinland repoussé lui aussi". Films du Québec, March 19, 2020.
- ^ Duchesne, André (September 15, 2020). "Le club Vinland en première nord-américaine en Abitibi". La Presse (in French).
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
- ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu se distingue au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. June 3, 2021.
- ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Radio-Canada. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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