The Vinland Club
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 |
| Produced by | Chantal Lafleur |
| Written by | Normand Bergeron Benoît Pilon Marc Robitaille |
| Starring | Sébastien Ricard Rémy Girard François Papineau Fabien Cloutier |
| Music by | Guido Del Fabbro Pierre Lapointe |
| Cinematography | François Gamache |
| Edited by | Richard Comeau |
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]
References
- Jean-François Vachon, "Club Vinland: ode aux enseignants". Le Citoyen, October 31, 2020.
- Marc-André Lussier, "Une bande-annonce pour Le club Vinland". La Presse, December 5, 2019.
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Le Club Vinland à l’affiche le 17 avril 2020". Films du Québec, December 6, 2019.
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Le Club Vinland repoussé lui aussi". Films du Québec, March 19, 2020.
- André Duchesne, "Le club Vinland en première nord-américaine en Abitibi". La Presse, September 15, 2020.