''The Vinland Club'' (french: Le Club Vinland) is a Canadian drama film that was directed by
Benoît Pilon
Benoît Pilon (born July 27, 1962) is a francophone Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition. He is also the co-founder of ''"Les Films de l'autre" productions'', whic ...
and released in 2020. The film stars
Sébastien Ricard
Sébastien Ricard (born May 25, 1972) is a Canadian musician and actor from Quebec most noted as a member of the hip hop band Loco Locass. As an actor, he won the Prix Jutra for Best Actor at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for his performance as ...
as Frère Jean, a priest teaching at a private
Roman Catholic
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* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
school in the
Charlevoix
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region of
Quebec
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in the 1940s who enlists his students in a project to locate archaeological evidence of the ancient Norse settlement of
Vinland
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.
The film's cast also includes
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec.
Acting career
Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film ''The Barbarian In ...
,
François Papineau
François Papineau (born 24 December 1966) is a Canadian actor who worked in stage and the Cinema of Quebec for over 25 years.
Papineau graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1990. He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best ...
,
Fabien Cloutier
Fabien Cloutier is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec.Arnaud Vachon, Xavier Huard, Émilie Bibeau,
Guy Thauvette
Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Infiltration (2017 film), Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for ...
,
Guy Sprung
Guy Sprung is a film and theatre director born in Ottawa in 1947. He lives in the Mile End area of Montreal and was the artistic director of Infinitheatre for 22 years. He retired and was succeeded by Zach Fraser in March 2021.
Career
Guy Sprung ...
, and Émile Schneider.
The film was originally slated for release on April 17, 2020,Charles-Henri Ramond "Le Club Vinland à l’affiche le 17 avril 2020" ''Films du Québec'', December 6, 2019. but that was delayed by the shutdown of movie theatres in light of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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. The film had its world premiere at the
Beijing International Film Festival
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in August 2020 and had its
North American
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premiere later that year at the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival
The Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, FCIAT) is an annual film festival, which takes place in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.Sean Gordon"How one region in hard- ...