Les mauvaises herbes (Bad Seeds)
Jacques (Alexis Martin), a struggling actor on the run from a loan shark, reluctantly strikes a deal with Simon (Gilles Renaud), a rural farmer with a secret marijuana greenhouse, to help him cultivate a marijuana crop for harvest. In exchange, Simon will hide him from the gangster he owes money to and give him a cut of the profits so that he can pay off his debts.
When they are forced to bring in a sassy energy technician (Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez) to help their secret grow-op thrive, both men’s secrets are threatened, and the race is on to complete the harvest before they’re discovered.
Les Mauvaises Herbes was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture and won two Prix Iris for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Director
Louis Bélanger
Bélanger is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor whose directing and writing credits include the features Post Mortem (which won three Genies and the Jutra Award for Best Screenplay), Gaz Bar Blues, Les mauvaises herbes (which won the Prix Iris for Best Screenplay), and Vivre à 100 milles à l’heure. He also directed episodes of numerous TV shows, including En thérapie, Legacy: A Kate McDougal Investigation, Anna et Arnaud, and Bête noire.
Writers
Louis Bélanger, Alexis Martin
Cast
Alexis Martin, Gilles Renaud, Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez
Producers
Lorraine Dufour, Luc Vandal
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French