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Le Banquet (2008)

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Le Banquet (2008)

Le Banquet (2008)
Xvid 640x344 23.98fps 853Kbps | French MP3 48000Hz stereo 151Kbps | no subs | 01:3535 | 700 Mb
Quebec | Drama | Director: Sébastien Rose | Stars: Alexis Martin, Raymond Bouchard and Frédéric Pierre

An uprising on a college campus evolves into something more dangerous than a clash of ideals in this drama from Canadian writer and director Sébastien Rose. Jean-Marc (Raymond Bouchard) is the president of a well-respected university in Quebec who has found himself at the center of a heated controversy. Louis-Ferdinand (Frederic Pierre) is the leader of a student activist group who have demanded sweeping changes in Jean-Marc's policies; Jean-Marc refuses to consider their proposals, leading to a series of protests which have inspired a wave of campus vandalism.
Bertrand (Alexis Martin) is a professor at the university who supports the students' cause but not their methods, and when he attempts to reason with Louis-Ferdinand and his colleagues, it leads to an altercation that only makes a tense situation more difficult. Natacha (Catherine de Lean) is Jean-Marc's daughter and also a single mother with a drug problem who is still dealing with the scars of an unhappy childhood. Jean-Marc and Bertrand are scheduled to speak at a university banquet where they hope to air their differences about the ongoing student protests, but Gilbert (Benoit McGinnis) is an uninvited guest who has his own radical solution to the stand-off. La Banquet was an official selection at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival.
Le Banquet (2008)

Est-ce que chacun peut trouver sa place au soleil dans notre société? Dans une ville où les valeurs se perdent, que transmet un père à sa fille, un professeur à ses étudiants, un leader étudiant à ses troupes? L'école est-elle toujours ce lieu où se trouvent les amis, la connaissance et l'espoir? Professeur aussi passionné que désabusé, Bertrand est projeté dans une situation qui confronte toutes ses craintes. Jean-Marc, le recteur, n'a qu'une idée en tête: étouffer la contestation étudiante et développer toujours plus son université. Louis-Ferdinand, leader étudiant, est tiraillé entre son coeur et sa tête, les aspirations des étudiants et les siennes. Natacha veut refaire sa vie, mais très vite, son passé la rattrape, et sa seule bouée est de confronter son père. Gilbert, âme perdue, fréquente l'université sans vraiment savoir pourquoi. Quand il trouvera, ce sera trop tard.
Le Banquet (2008)

Le Banquet (2008)

Le Banquet (2008)


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