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Bad Seeds
Les Mauvaises herbes
Directed by	Louis Bélanger
Written by	Louis Bélanger Alexis Martin
Produced by	Lorraine Dufour Luc Vandal
Starring	Alexis Martin Luc Picard Gilles Renaud Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Edited by	Claude Palardy
Music by	Guy Bélanger
Release date	11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Bad Seeds (French: Les Mauvaises herbes) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2016.

The film stars Alexis Martin as Jacques, a struggling actor from Montreal who is forced to flee the city because of his unpaid gambling debts to a loan shark (Luc Picard), and ends up a partner with Simon (Gilles Renaud) and Francesca (Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez) in a marijuana farm.

The film's cast also includes Myriam Côté, Patrick Hivon, Stéphane Jacques, Yves Bélanger, Bénédicte Décary, François Papineau, Sylvio Archambault and Gary Boudreault.

Plot summary

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Cast

• Alexis Martin as Jacques Sauvageau
• Gilles Renaud as Simon Boulerice
• Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez as Francesca
• Mimi Côté as Nancy (as Myriam Côté)
• Gary Boudreault as Deux-temps
• François Papineau as Compte
• Stéphane F. Jacques as Tony (as Stéphane Jacques)
• Sylvio Archambault as Balloune

Accolades

The film garnered four nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including Best Motion Picture.

References

1. "Mauvaises herbes, Les – Film de Louis Bélanger". Films du Québec. January 26, 2016.
2. Lussier, Marc-André (March 11, 2016). "Les mauvaises herbes: c'en est du bon!". La Presse.
3. "Xavier Dolan's latest film leads the pack for this year's Canadian Screen Award nominees". National Post. 17 January 2017.
4. Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
5. André Duchesne, "Manoir remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". La Presse, March 27, 2017.
6. Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
7. "Gala Québec Cinéma: suivez notre couverture en direct". The Huffington Post. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

External links

• Bad Seeds at IMDb

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