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Lunch with Charles
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'Lunch with Charles' is a romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Michael Parker and released in 2001.Ken Eisner, [https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/lunch-with-charles-1200469604/ "Lunch with Charles"]. 'Variety', August 5, 2001. A coproduction of companies from Canada and Hong Kong, the film stars Sean Lau as Tong, a Hong Kong musician and businessman who has been living apart from his wife April (Theresa Lee) for three years due to his reluctance to join her when her career in public relations took her to Vancouver.
Believing that she is having an affair, he now travels to Vancouver to track her down, staying at a bed and breakfast run by Matthew (Nicholas Lea) and Natasha (Bif Naked), just as April is about to head to Banff with her client Tom (Tom Scholte) in hopes of signing a popular rock band to endorse his product,Norman Wilner, "Lunch leaves you hungry". 'Toronto Star', July 27, 2001. with Matthew, Natasha and Tong also following after the band's lead singer quits, and their manager Charles (Philip Granger), an old friend of Natasha's from her own days as a musician, calls and asks her to replace him.Marke Andrews, "Road movie could use higher octane: B.C.-made indie comedy stalls on its way to Banff". 'Vancouver Sun', January 26, 2001.
The film won three Leo Awards in 2001, for Best Director (Parker), Best Screenwriter (Parker) and Best Musical Score (Simon Kendall),Alexandra Gill, "Da Vinci breaks out the bubbly". 'The Globe and Mail', May 14, 2001. and was also nominated for Best Film, Best Actor (Lea), Best Cinematography (John Houtman), Best Production Design (Michael Bjornson)."Leo nominations announced". 'Vancouver Sun', April 13, 2001. Kendall, Tom Landa and Geoffrey Kelly received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2001 for the song "Parting Glass"."Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". 'Toronto Star', December 13, 2001.
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