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'Cruising Bar' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Mnard and released in 1989."Michel Cote Scores Big; Cruising Bar's success has turned actor into a movie star". 'Montreal Gazette', December 2, 1989. The film stars Michel Ct as four separate characters Serge, a shy nerd; Patrice, a drug-addicted film and television stuntman; Jean-Jacques, a pompous yuppie; and Grard, an unhappily married man who are each out on Saturday night hoping to hook up with a woman."Actor four-faced and proud of it". 'Toronto Star', November 15, 1990.
The film's cast also includes Louise Marleau, Genevive Rioux, Vronique Le Flaguais, Pauline Lapointe, Marthe Turgeon, Linda Sorgini and Tony Nardi.
The film was highly successful in Quebec, setting the province's then-record gross box office for its first week in theatres, and later reaching the highest box office ever received in the province by a homegrown film with a gross of C$3.36 million in Canada. It was not Quebec's most successful film of the year overall; although its box office in Quebec exceeded that of Denys Arcand's 'Jesus of Montreal', the Arcand film was more successful in English Canada and internationally.
The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990: Best Actor (Ct), Best Cinematography (Pierre Mignot) and Best Costume Design (Louise Labrecque)."Arcand's Jesus leads Genie race". 'Toronto Star', February 14, 1990. It did not win any of those awards, but Jacques Lafleur and Pierre Saindon were presented with a Special Achievement Genie for Make-Up."Bye Bye Blues trails with three awards Jesus swept: an even dozen Genies". 'The Globe and Mail', March 21, 1990.
A sequel film, 'Cruising Bar 2', was released in 2008."Older but not much wiser; The guys from Cruising Bar are back after 20 years, and the laughs are bittersweet". 'Montreal Gazette', June 21, 2008.
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