The Cheaters (2022 film)

The Cheaters
FrenchLes Tricheurs
Directed byLouis Godbout
Written byLouis Godbout
Produced bySébastien Poussard
Vanessa Mujica-Garcia
StarringChristine Beaulieu
Benoît Gouin
Alexandre Goyette
Steve Laplante
CinematographyJean-François Lord
Edited byClaude Palardy
Music byJean Massicotte
Guy Bernier
Production
company
Les Films Primatice
Distributed byK-Films Amérique
Release date
  • March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) (Sonoma)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Cheaters (French: Les Tricheurs) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Louis Godbout and released in 2022.[1] The film centres on Hubert (Benoît Gouin), Florence (Christine Beaulieu) and André (Steve Laplante), three friends who plan a casual game of golf, only to find their afternoon disrupted by Michel (Alexandre Goyette), a stranger whose presence on the golf course brings out simmering tensions and reveals buried secrets.[2]

The cast also includes Joseph Antaki, Jean Pierre Bergeron, Jean-Carl Boucher, Ben Boudreau, Étienne Dano, Braulio Elicer, Felix Famelart, Mia Fortin, Claude Gasse, Héléna Laliberté, Éric Laporte, Sebastien Poussard and Sébastien René in supporting roles.

The film premiered on March 25, 2022, at the Sonoma International Film Festival,[3] before opening commercially in August 2022.[4]

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Tricheurs, Les – Film de Louis Godbout". Films du Québec, August 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Isabelle Hontebeyrie, "«Les tricheurs»: un golf pour psychopathes". Le Journal de Montréal, August 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Daniel Johnson, "Film Festival: Back on the big screen". Sonoma Index-Tribune, March 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Les tricheurs : quand le golf fait tomber les masques". Ici Radio-Canada, August 12, 2022.