The Dishwasher (film)

The Dishwasher
FrenchLe Plongeur
Directed byFrancis Leclerc
Written byFrancis Leclerc
Éric K. Boulianne
Based onLe Plongeur by Stéphane Larue
Produced byMarie-Claude Poulin
StarringHenri Richer-Picard
Charles-Aubey Houde
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Production
company
Distributed byImmina Films
Release date
  • February 22, 2023 (2023-02-22) (RVQC)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Dishwasher (French: Le Plongeur) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2023.[1] An adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Stéphane Larue, the film stars Henri Richer-Picard as Stéphane, who takes a menial job as a dishwasher in a restaurant after being left in deep debt by a gambling addiction.[2]

The film's cast also includes Charles-Aubey Houde, Joan Hart, Maxime de Cotret, Fayolle Jean Jr., Robin L'Houmeau, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Zachary Évrard, Gabrielle Côté, Jade Charbonneau, Guillaume Laurin, Anthony Therrien, Julien Leclerc, Stéphan Allard, Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard, Luka Limoges, Emmanuel Schwartz and Éric K. Boulianne.

It features a soundtrack of classic rock and heavy metal songs alongside pop and electronic songs contemporary to the film's early-2000s setting, including material by Iron Maiden, Anonymus, Rancid, Neil Young, Anthrax, Stefie Shock, Groovy Aardvark, Radiohead, Ben Harper, Dumas, Leftfield, Sugar Ray, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Metallica and Jean Leloup.[1]

The film premiered on February 22, 2023, at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma,[3] before opening commercially on February 24.[4]

  1. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Plongeur, Le – Film de Francis Leclerc". Films du Québec, February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Marc-André Lussier, "Non seulement un vrai, mais un excellent film de cinéma !". La Presse, February 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Maxime Demers, "«Le plongeur» ouvrira la 41e édition des Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Québec, November 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Maxime Demers, "«Le plongeur»: un succès littéraire d’ici porté à l’écran par le cinéaste Francis Leclerc". Le Journal de Montréal, February 21, 2023.