| Le Banquet | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sébastien Rose |
| Written by | Sébastien Rose Hubert-Yves Rose |
| Produced by | Pierre Even |
| Starring | Alexis Martin Raymond Bouchard Benoît McGinnis Catherine De Léan |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Bolduc |
| Edited by | Carina Baccanale Dominique Fortin |
Production company | Cirrus Communications |
| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Le Banquet is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2008.[1] The film's original working title was Comme une flamme.[2]
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.[3]
The film's cast also includes Raymond Bouchard, Frédéric Pierre, Catherine De Léan, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Yves Jacques, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Larissa Corriveau, Paul Savoie, Maxime Le Flaguais and Paul Ahmarani.