Cruising Bar 2

Cruising Bar 2 is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard and Michel Côté, and released in 2008.[1] A sequel to the 1989 film Cruising Bar, the film stars Côté as the same four separate characters he played in the original film, now dealing with much more middle-aged sexual and relationship issues.[2]

Cruising Bar 2
Directed byRobert Ménard
Michel Côté
Produced byClaude Bonin
Robert Ménard
Claire Wojas
Written byMichel Côté
Robert Ménard
Claire Wojas
StarringMichel Côté
Véronique Le Flaguais
Lise Roy
Music byJean-Marie Benoît
CinematographyPierre Mignot
Edited byMichel Arcand
Production
company
Les Productions Vidéofilms Ltée
Release date
  • June 27, 2008 (2008-06-27)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Gérard's wife Gertrude (Véronique Le Flaguais) has finally had enough of his constant infidelity, and is filing for divorce; Patrice is in a downward spiral after his girlfriend breaks up with him; Jean-Jacques is struggling with erectile dysfunction issues which have led his psychiatrist to suggest that he might actually be gay; Serge, perennially unlucky in love, tries Internet dating which may finally change his life for the better.[3]

The film's cast also includes Marie-France Duquette, Chantal Dauphinais, Lise Roy and Hélène Major.

Awards

Côté received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 11th Jutra Awards,[4] and the film's make-up team (Adrien Morot, Réjean Goderre, Marifrance Guy, Bruno Gatien, Nathalie Trépanier) won the Genie Award for Best Makeup at the 29th Genie Awards.[5]

It was the top-grossing Quebec film of 2008, and was awarded Telefilm Canada's Guichet d'or[6] and Québec Cinéma's Billet d'or.[7]

References
  1. "Older but not much wiser; The guys from Cruising Bar are back after 20 years, and the laughs are bittersweet". Montreal Gazette, June 21, 2008.
  2. "Cruising Bar 2 : Érotico-mochetons". Voir, June 26, 2008.
  3. "Cruising bar 2 – Film de Robert Ménard et Michel Côté". Films du Québec, January 6, 2009.
  4. "Fantasy film 'Babine' leads Quebec's Jutra Awards with nine nominations". Canadian Press, February 18, 2009.
  5. "Night belongs to Passchendaele; Historical epic wins six awards, including Golden Reel, best movie". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2009.
  6. "Telefilm Canada's 2008 Guichet d'or grants go to directors and writers of feature film Cruising Bar 2". Canada Newswire, March 26, 2009.
  7. "Two films share spotlight". Montreal Gazette, March 30, 2009.


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