Cruising Bar
1989 film by Robert Ménard
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Cruising Bar is a 1989 Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard.[2] The film stars Michel Côté as four separate characters – Serge, a shy nerd; Patrice, a drug-addicted film and television stuntman; Jean-Jacques, a pompous yuppie; and Gérard, an unhappily married man – who are each out on Saturday night hoping to hook up with a woman.[3]
Robert Ménard
Claire Wojas
Louise Marleau
Véronique Le Flaguais
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| Directed by | Robert Ménard |
| Written by | Michel Côté Robert Ménard Claire Wojas |
| Starring | Michel Côté Louise Marleau Véronique Le Flaguais |
| Cinematography | Pierre Mignot |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand |
| Music by | Richard Grégoire |
| Distributed by | Malofilm |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Box office | C$3.36 million (Canada)[1] |
The film's cast also includes Louise Marleau, Geneviève Rioux, Véronique Le Flaguais, Pauline Lapointe, Marthe Turgeon, Linda Sorgini, Jean-Pierre Bergeron and Tony Nardi.
The film was highly successful in Quebec, setting the province's then-record gross box office for its first week in theatres,[4] and later reaching the highest box office ever received in the province by a homegrown film[5] with a gross of C$3.36 million in Canada.[1] It was not Quebec's most successful film of the year overall; although its box office in Quebec exceeded that of Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal, the Arcand film was more successful in English Canada and internationally.[6]
The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990: Best Actor (Côté), Best Cinematography (Pierre Mignot) and Best Costume Design (Louise Labrecque).[7] It did not win any of those awards, but Jacques Lafleur and Pierre Saindon were presented with a Special Achievement Genie for Make-Up.[8]
A sequel film, Cruising Bar 2, was released in 2008.[9]
