The Bottle (2000 film)

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The Bottle
La bouteille
Directed by
Lions Gate Films
Release date
  • October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)
Running time
107 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Bottle (French: La bouteille) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Alain DesRochers and released in 2000.[1] The film stars Réal Bossé and François Papineau as Réal and François, two longtime friends who decide to recover a beer bottle, containing a paper on which they wrote down their hopes and dreams for the future, which they buried 15 years earlier in the back yard of Antoine (Jean Lapointe), a grumpy old man.[1]

The film's cast also includes Hélène Loiselle, Pascale Bussières, Louis Champagne, Sylvie Moreau and Jean-Pierre Ferland.[2]

DesRochers received a

Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 21st Genie Awards.[3] At the 3rd Jutra Awards, Papineau was nominated for Best Actor, Loiselle was nominated for Best Actress, and Moreau was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bouteille, La – Film d’Alain Desrochers". Films du Québec, January 5, 2009.
  2. Montreal Gazette
    , October 20, 2000.
  3. ^ "Coast-to- coast slate of nominees vies for 21st annual awards". National Post, December 13, 2000.
  4. Montreal Gazette
    , February 24, 2001.

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