Family Pack
Family Pack or Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? is a 2001 French-Belgium drama film, directed by Chris Vander Stappen.
| Family Pack | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chris Vander Stappen |
| Produced by | Catherine Burniaux François Charlent Jean-Luc Van Damme Françoise Vercheval Jean-Louis Porchet Gérard Ruey Claude Veillet Arlette Zylberberg Frédéric Bernard |
| Written by | Chris Vander Stappen |
| Starring | Marie Bunel Hélène Vincent Mimie Mathy Tsilla Chelton |
| Music by | Ionel Petroï Frédéric Vercheval |
| Cinematography | Michel Houssiau |
| Edited by | France Duez |
Production company | Banana Films CAB Productions |
| Distributed by | Velvet Films M6 Droits Audiovisuels |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 min |
| Country | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $2.7 million |
| Box office | $386.000[1] |
Plot
July 1969. After two years in Canada, Sacha is back in her small city in Belgium. She has two disruptive news to provide to her family. The first is that instead of being married or at least engaged, she has a lesbian Canadian girlfriend, and the second is not better : instead of studying radiology in Montreal, she abandoned the studies despite the fact that her family had made huge sacrifices.
Cast
- Marie Bunel as Sacha Kessler
- Hélène Vincent as Esther Kessler
- Mimie Mathy as Elisa Kessler
- Tsilla Chelton as Lea
- Macha Grenon as Odile
- Christian Crahay as Oscar Kessler
- Emmanuel Bilodeau as Antoine
- Michel Israel as Jules
- Jacques Lavallée as Louis
- Marie-Lise Pilote as Debbie
- Mario Saint-Amand as Bob
Production
The movie was first screened to the Chicago International Film Festival in 2000. Before it was released, it was also screened to the Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Italy), in 2001.
In 2002 it was screened to the Febio Film Festival (Czech Republic) and to the Japan International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Japan).
Accolades
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Chris Vander Stappen | Nominated |
| Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Artistic Contribution | Won | ||