Eldorado (1995 film)

Eldorado
Directed byCharles Binamé
Written by
Produced byLorraine Richard
Starring
  • Pascale Bussières
  • Robert Brouillette
  • James Hyndman
  • Macha Limonchik
  • Pascale Montpetit
  • Isabel Richer
Production
companies
Cité-Amérique
Alliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • March 3, 1995 (1995-03-03)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Budget$1.5 million

Eldorado is a French Canadian drama film, released in 1995.[1] Directed by Charles Binamé and written by Binamé and Lorraine Richard in conjunction with its main stars, the film focuses on six young residents of Montreal trying to make sense of their directionless lives.[1]

The film's main cast includes Pascale Bussières as Rita, Robert Brouillette as Marc, James Hyndman as Lloyd, Macha Limonchik as Loulou, Pascale Montpetit as Henriette and Isabel Richer as Roxan.[2]

The film garnered eight Genie Award nominations at the 16th Genie Awards, including Best Actress nods for Bussières, Montpetit and Richer, Best Supporting Actor for Brouillette, Best Director for Binamé, Best Art Direction or Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Editing.[3]

In 2023, Telefilm Canada announced that the film was one of 23 titles that will be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films.[4]

  1. ^ a b Eldorado Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine at the Toronto International Film Festival's Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "Eldorado". 13 March 1995.
  3. ^ "Nominees for the 1995 Genie Awards". Canadian Press, November 7, 1995.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "Oscar Winning Doc Leads List of Restored Canadian Classics". Point of View, May 9, 2023.