| The Bottle | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Alain DesRochers |
| Producer: | Christian Larouche François Pouliot |
| Starring: | Réal Bossé François Papineau Jean Lapointe |
| Music: | FM Le Sieur |
| Cinematography: | Yves Bélanger |
| Editing: | Éric Drouin |
| Studio: | Cinepix YUL Films |
| Distributor: | Lions Gate Films |
| Runtime: | 107 min. |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
The Bottle (fr|La bouteille) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Alain DesRochers and released in 2000.[1] The film stars Réal Bossé and François Papineau as Réal and François, two longtime friends who decide to recover a beer bottle, containing a paper on which they wrote down their hopes and dreams for the future, which they buried 15 years earlier in the back yard of Antoine (Jean Lapointe), a grumpy old man.[1]
The film's cast also includes Hélène Loiselle, Pascale Bussières, Louis Champagne, Sylvie Moreau and Jean-Pierre Ferland.[2]
DesRochers received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 21st Genie Awards.[3] At the 3rd Jutra Awards, Papineau was nominated for Best Actor, Loiselle was nominated for Best Actress, and Moreau was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.[4]