The Bait (2010 film)

The Bait
FrenchL’Appât
Directed byYves Simoneau
Written byYves Simoneau
William Reymond
Produced byJosée Vallée
Yves Simoneau
StarringGuy A. Lepage
Rachid Badouri
CinematographyGuy Dufaux
Edited byRichard Comeau
Music byNormand Corbeil
Production
company
Cirrus Communications
Distributed byAlliance VivaFilm
Release date
  • December 17, 2010 (2010-12-17)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Bait (French: L’Appât) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 2010.[1] The film stars Guy A. Lepage as Prudent Poirier, a bumbling Montreal police officer who witnesses the death of mafia boss Carboni (Michel Perron), and Rachid Badouri as Mohammed Choukroune, a French secret service agent who is sent to Montreal to pose as "Ventura", a new police recruit who is paired with Prudent in an attempt to recover information about Carboni's death.[2] As the mission goes awry, however, the two are forced to uncover a wider conspiracy that implicates their own bosses as well.

The film's cast also includes Serge Dupire, Maxim Roy, Ayisha Issa, Romano Orzari, Marie-Josée Boudreau, Frédérique Pierre, Khadija Assad, Sasha Samar, Gregory Hlady, Manuel Tadros and Sylvie Lemay.[3]

Simoneau's first French-language film since moving into English-language film and television after In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon) in 1989,[3] the film entered production in September 2010.[4] Initially intended for release in 2011,[5] it was released to theatres by December 2010 following a rapid "merry-go-round" of production and post-production which Simoneau attributed to his experience working within the quicker turnaround of television films.[6]

The film's soundtrack included a song, "Your Favourite Killer", by Marie-Mai.[7]

  1. ^ Patricia Bailey, "Badouri and Lepage cut Bait". Playback, December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ Valérie Jodoin-Keaton, "Yves Simoneau, Guy A. Lepage et Rachid Badouri / L’appât : Bonjour la police!". Voir, December 16, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Appât, L’ – Film de Yves Simoneau". Films du Québec, November 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "Simoneau tourne au Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, September 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Rachid Badouri and Guy A. Lepage to star in new Yves Simoneau comedy L'Appât". Montreal Gazette, June 14, 2010.
  6. ^ Michelle Coudé-Lord, "Beau tour de manège d'Yves Simoneau". Le Journal de Montréal, December 17, 2010.
  7. ^ "Marie-Mai compose une chanson pour le film L'appât". La Presse, December 2, 2010.