All You Can Eat Buddha

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 (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.^[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
as Bert
as Mike
Sylvio Arriola as Valentino
as Esmeralda
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		Nominated	^[7]

References[]

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

External links[]

All You Can Eat Buddha at IMDb

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[RI-1] "All You Can Eat Buddha, set at a Caribbean resort". Repeating Islands. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[adds22Aug-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.

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