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Bad Seeds (2016 film)

Bad Seeds (French: Les Mauvaises herbes) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2016.[1]

The film stars Alexis Martin as Jacques, a struggling actor from Montreal who is forced to flee the city because of his unpaid gambling debts to a loan shark (Luc Picard), and ends up a partner with Simon (Gilles Renaud) and Francesca (Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez) in a marijuana farm.[2]

The film's cast also includes Myriam Côté, Patrick Hivon, Stéphane Jacques, Yves Bélanger, Bénédicte Décary, François Papineau, Sylvio Archambault and Gary Boudreault.

Plot summary

Cast

Accolades

The film garnered four nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Motion Picture.[3]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 12 March 2017 Best Motion Picture Luc Vandal, Lorraine Dufour Nominated [4]
Best Editing Claude Palardy Nominated
Best Art Direction / Production Design André-Line Beauparlant Nominated
Best Overall Sound Marcel Chouinard, Philippe Lavigne, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher, Louis Collin Nominated
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois 2017 Best Film Bad Seeds Nominated [5]
Prix Iris 4 June 2017 Best Film Luc Vandal, Lorraine Dufour Nominated [6][7]
Best Director Louis Bélanger Nominated
Best Screenplay Louis Bélanger, Alexis Martin Won
Best Supporting Actress Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Luc Picard Won
Best Casting Emanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne, Nathalie Boutrie Nominated
Best Music Guy Bélanger Nominated
Best Costume Design Sophie Lefebvre Nominated
Public Prize Louis Bélanger Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Mauvaises herbes, Les – Film de Louis Bélanger". Films du Québec. January 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (March 11, 2016). "Les mauvaises herbes: c'en est du bon!". La Presse.
  3. ^ "Xavier Dolan's latest film leads the pack for this year's Canadian Screen Award nominees". National Post. 17 January 2017.
  4. ^ Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ^ André Duchesne, "Manoir remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". La Presse, March 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma: suivez notre couverture en direct". The Huffington Post. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.