Bad Seeds (2016 film)

Bad Seeds
Les Mauvaises herbes
Directed byLouis Bélanger
Written byLouis Bélanger
Alexis Martin
Produced byLorraine Dufour
Luc Vandal
StarringAlexis Martin
Luc Picard
Gilles Renaud
Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez
CinematographyPierre Mignot
Edited byClaude Palardy
Music byGuy Bélanger
Release date
  • 11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Bad Seeds (French: Les Mauvaises herbes) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2016.[1]

The film stars Alexis Martin as Jacques, a struggling actor from Montreal who is forced to flee the city because of his unpaid gambling debts to a loan shark (Luc Picard), and ends up a partner with Simon (Gilles Renaud) and Francesca (Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez) in a marijuana farm.[2]

The film's cast also includes Myriam Côté, Patrick Hivon, Stéphane Jacques, Yves Bélanger, Bénédicte Décary, François Papineau, Sylvio Archambault and Gary Boudreault.

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Accolades

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The film garnered four nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Motion Picture.[3]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 12 March 2017 Best Motion Picture Luc Vandal and Lorraine Dufour Nominated [4]
Best Editing Claude Palardy Nominated
Best Art Direction / Production Design André-Line Beauparlant Nominated
Best Overall Sound Marcel Chouinard, Philippe Lavigne, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher and Louis Collin Nominated
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois 2017 Best Film Bad Seeds Nominated [5]
Prix Iris 4 June 2017 Best Film Luc Vandal and Lorraine Dufour Nominated [6][7]
Best Director Louis Bélanger Nominated
Best Screenplay Louis Bélanger and Alexis Martin Won
Best Supporting Actress Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Luc Picard Won
Best Casting Emanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne and Nathalie Boutrie Nominated
Best Music Guy Bélanger Nominated
Best Costume Design Sophie Lefebvre Nominated
Public Prize Louis Bélanger Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Mauvaises herbes, Les – Film de Louis Bélanger". Films du Québec. January 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (March 11, 2016). "Les mauvaises herbes: c'en est du bon!". La Presse.
  3. ^ "Xavier Dolan's latest film leads the pack for this year's Canadian Screen Award nominees". National Post. 17 January 2017.
  4. ^ Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ^ André Duchesne, "Manoir remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". La Presse, March 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma: suivez notre couverture en direct". The Huffington Post. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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