All You Can Eat Buddha

All You Can Eat Buddha
Film poster
Directed by	Ian Lagarde
Written by	Ian Lagarde
Produced by	Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Starring	David La Haye Sylvio Arriola
Edited by	Mathieu Grondin
Release date	11 September 2017 (2017-09-11)(TIFF)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

All You Can Eat Buddha is a 2017 French-language Canadian fantasy black comedy film directed by Ian Lagarde, who also wrote the screenplay. ^[1] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. ^[2] The film centres on Mike, a mysterious guest at a vacation resort in Cuba who appears to have the ability to perform miracles.

Cast

• David La Haye as Jean-Pierre Villeneuve / J-P Newtown
• Richard Jutras as Bert
• Ludovic Berthillot as Mike
• Sylvio Arriola as Valentino
• Yaité Ruiz as Esmeralda
• Alexander Guerrero as Santiago

Accolades

The film received six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. ^[3]

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Directors Guild of Canada	2017	DGC Discovery Award	Ian Lagarde	Nominated	[4]
Canadian Screen Awards	11 March 2018	Best Director	Ian Lagarde	Nominated	[5]
		Best Supporting Actor	Sylvio Arriola	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette	Nominated
		Best Sound	Sylvain Bellemare, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Hans Laitres	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing	Sylvain Bellemare, Claire Pochon, Simon Meilleur	Nominated
		Best Make-Up	Bruno Gatien	Nominated
Prix Iris	3 June 2018	Best Sound	Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare, Hans Laitres	Nominated	[6]
		Most Successful Film Outside Quebec	Ian Lagarde	Nominated
		Best Make-Up	Bruno Gatien	Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	18 December 2017	Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film	Yaité Ruiz	Nominated	[7]

References

1. "All You Can Eat Buddha, set at a Caribbean resort". Repeating Islands. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
2. "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". The Wrap. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
3. Wilner, Norm (16 January 2018). "The Canadian Screen Awards showers love on (almost) everyone". NOW Toronto . Retrieved 13 April 2018.
4. Barry Hertz, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award". The Globe and Mail , September 5, 2017.
5. "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television . Retrieved 20 January 2018.
6. "FINALISTES GALA 2018". Prix Iris. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
7. "2018 Nominees Announced". Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

External links

• All You Can Eat Buddha at IMDb