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Sympathy for the Devil (2019 film)

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Sympathy for the Devil
Film poster
FrenchSympathie pour le diable
Directed byGuillaume de Fontenay
Written byGuillaume de Fontenay
Guillaume Vigneault
Jean Barbe
Based onSympathie pour le diable by Paul Marchand
Produced byPascal Bascaron
Nicole Robert
Jean-Yves Robin
Marc Stanimirovic
StarringNiels Schneider
Vincent Rottiers
Ella Rumpf
CinematographyPierre Aim
Edited byMathilde Van de Moortel
Production
companies
Monkey Pack Films
Go Films
Logical Pictures
Distributed byLes Films Séville (Canada)[1]
Rezo Films (France)[1]
Distri7 (Belgium)[1]
Release date
  • November 11, 2019 (2019-11-11) (Cinemania)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
Belgium
LanguageFrench

Sympathy for the Devil (French: Sympathie pour le diable) is a 2019 war drama film directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and released in 2019.[2] Based on the book of the same name by French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s.[3]

The cast also includes Vincent Rottiers and Ella Rumpf.[4]

The film, a coproduction of companies from Canada, France and Belgium, had its Canadian theatrical premiere at the Cinemania film festival on November 11, 2019,[5] before premiering commercially on November 29.[6]

Cast

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Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 28 May 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe Nominated [7]
Best Visual Effects Benoît Brière, Kinga Sabela Nominated
John Dunning Best First Feature Award Guillaume de Fontenay Nominated
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois 2020 Best Film Sympathy for the Devil Nominated [8]
Prix Iris 10 June 2020 Best Director Guillaume de Fontenay Nominated [9]
Best Actor Niels Schneider Nominated
Best Screenplay Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe Nominated
Best Sound Sylvain Bellemare, Jo Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl Won
Best Visual Effects Benoît Brière, Kinga Sabela Won
Best First Film Guillaume de Fontenay Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sympathy for the Devil (2019)". UniFrance. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ Demers, Maxime (November 30, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable: un film bouleversant et nécessaire". Le Journal de Montréal.
  3. ^ Mintzer, Jordan (December 2, 2019). "'Sympathy for the Devil' ('Sympathie pour le diable'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (November 29, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable : comme une ambiance de fin du monde". La Presse.
  5. ^ Dunlevy, T'cha (November 1, 2019). "25 years of Cinemania: Film fest represents 'what Quebec is, and what Canada is". Montreal Gazette.
  6. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (November 25, 2019). "Sympathie pour le diable : l'urgence de dire". La Presse.
  7. ^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Antigone remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Ici Radio-Canada, April 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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