Conquest (1998 film)

Conquest is a 1998 British-Canadian romantic comedy film set in the dying prairie town of Conquest, Saskatchewan, most of whose remaining residents are in their 70s and depressed. Thirty-two-year-old Pincer Bedier (Lothaire Bluteau), the French-Canadian manager of the only bank branch in the town, dreams of reviving the town and its only cash crop, the edible pea pods of the Caragana bush. Daisy MacDonald (Tara Fitzgerald), a young, beautiful and mysterious English or Australian woman, happens into town in her bright red Alfa Romeo sports car and when it stalls, finds herself stranded indefinitely until the needed parts can be shipped in. Her presence invigorates the town and its inhabitants and romance develops between her and the young banker, while the older inhabitants catch his vision of the future.[1][2]

Conquest
Directed byPiers Haggard
Produced byChristina Jennings and Stephen Onda
Written byRob Forsyth
StarringLothaire Bluteau, Tara Fitzgerald, Monique Mercure, David Fox and Eugene Lipinski
Music byRon Sures
CinematographyGerald Packer
Edited byRalph Brunjes
Production
company
Greenpoint Films
Heartland Motion Pictures
Shaftesbury Films
Distributed byOasis International
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Conquest was shown at the 1998 Montreal World Film Festival. In 1999 Monique Mercure won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, that of Grace Gallagher. Conquest has been shown on the Showtime network in the United States.

Cast

References
  1. Fandango listing for Conquest
  2. "Conquest: A Feature Interview with Rob Forsyth". writersguildofcanada.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. "David Fox Filmography and Movies". Fandango. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. "Eugene Lipinski Filmography and Movies". Fandango. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

Conquest on IMDb

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