Monsieur Lazhar
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Monsieur Lazhar is a 2011 Canadian drama film
directed by Philippe Falardeau
. The film has been selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 84th Academy Awards
and it won the Best Canadian Feature Film award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...
. The film has been selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2011 and will take place on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC. The host was originally going to be Eddie Murphy. However, after Brett Ratner resigned as...
and it won the Best Canadian Feature Film award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
2011 Toronto International Film Festival
The 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival, was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 18, 2011.Buenos Aires, Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme. The opening film was From the Sky Down, a documentary film about the band...
.
Cast
- Mohamed Saïd FellagFellagMohamed Saïd Fellag is an Algerian comedian, writer and humorist. He did his primary studies in Azeffoun and his secondary studies in Ali Mellah secondary school in Draa el Mizan...
as Bachir Lazhar - Sophie Nélisse as Alice
- Émilien Néron as Simon
- Danielle ProulxDanielle ProulxDanielle Proulx is a French Canadian actress. She is multi-award winning actress and she was married to Raymond Cloutier. Her son, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, is also an actor. She also has a niece, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, who is an actress...
as Mme Vaillancourt - Brigitte Poupart as Claire Lajoie
- Jules Philip as Gaston
- Daniel Gadouas as M Gilbert Danis
- Louis ChampagneLouis ChampagneLouis Champagne is a Canadian talk radio personality, who is hosts a morning daily program on CKGS-FM in La Baie, Quebec. He was, longtime host an other daily program on CKRS-FM until November 2008...
as Concierge - Seddik Benslimane as Abdelmalek
- Marie-Ève Beauregard as Marie-Frédérique
- André Robitaille as Commissionner
See also
- List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film