''Lunch with Charles'' is a romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Michael Parker and released in 2001. A coproduction of companies from Canada and Hong Kong, the film stars

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as Tong, a Hong Kong musician and businessman who has been living apart from his wife April (

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) for three years due to his reluctance to join her when her career in public relations took her to

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. Believing that she is having an affair, he now travels to Vancouver to track her down, staying at a bed and breakfast run by Matthew (

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) and Natasha (

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), just as April is about to head to Banff with her client Tom (

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) in hopes of signing a popular rock band to endorse his product, with Matthew, Natasha and Tong also following after the band's lead singer quits, and their manager Charles (Philip Granger), an old friend of Natasha's from her own days as a musician, calls and asks her to replace him. The film won three

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in 2001, for Best Director (Parker), Best Screenwriter (Parker) and Best Musical Score (

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), and was also nominated for Best Film, Best Actor (Lea), Best Cinematography (John Houtman), Best Production Design (Michael Bjornson). Kendall,

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and

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received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2001 for the song "Parting Glass"."Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". ''

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'', December 13, 2001.

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