The Vinland Club (French: Le Club Vinland) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Sébastien Ricard as Frère Jean, a priest teaching at a private Roman Catholic school in the Charlevoix region of Quebec in the 1940s, who enlists his students in a project to locate archaeological evidence of the ancient Norse settlement of Vinland.[2]
The Vinland Club | |
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French | Le Club Vinland |
Directed by | Benoît Pilon |
Written by | Normand Bergeron Benoît Pilon Marc Robitaille |
Produced by | Chantal Lafleur |
Starring | Sébastien Ricard Rémy Girard François Papineau Fabien Cloutier |
Cinematography | François Gamache |
Edited by | Richard Comeau |
Music by | Guido Del Fabbro Pierre Lapointe |
Production company | Productions Avenida |
Distributed by | Les Films Opale |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The film's cast also includes Rémy Girard, François Papineau, Fabien Cloutier, Arnaud Vachon, Xavier Huard, Émilie Bibeau, Guy Thauvette, Guy Sprung and Émile Schneider.
The film was originally slated for release on April 17, 2020,[3] but was delayed by the shutdown of movie theatres in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[4] It had its world premiere at the Beijing International Film Festival in August 2020, before having its North American premiere at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival on October 31.[5]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Prix Iris | June 6, 2021 | Best Film | Chantal Lafleur | Nominated | [6][7][8] |
Best Director | Benoît Pilon | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Sébastien Ricard | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Rémy Girard | Nominated | |||
Revelation of the Year | Arnaud Vachon | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Normand Bergeron, Benoît Pilon, Marc Robitaille | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Patrice Bengle, Louise Tremblay | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | François Gamache | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Francesca Chamberland | Won | |||
Best Hair | André Duval | Nominated | |||
Best Original Music | Guido Del Fabbro, Pierre Lapointe | Nominated | |||
Best Casting | Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson | Nominated | |||
Public Prize | Benoît Pilon, Chantal Lafleur | Nominated | |||
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