Sympathy for the Devil () is a 2019 war drama film directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and released in 2019. Based on the book of the same name by French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s.
The cast also includes Vincent Rottiers and Ella Rumpf.
The film, a coproduction of companies from Canada, France and Belgium, had its Canadian theatrical premiere at the Cinemania film festival on November 11, 2019, before premiering commercially on November 29.
Cast Niels Schneider as Paul Marchand Ella Rumpf as Boba Vincent Rottiers as Vincent Clément Métayer as Philippe Arieh Worthalter as Ken Doyle Elisa Lasowski as Louise Baker Diego Martín as Luis
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Canadian Screen Awards 28 May 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe Best Visual Effects Benoît Brière, Kinga Sabela John Dunning Best First Feature Award Guillaume de Fontenay Prix collégial du cinéma québécois 2020 Best Film Sympathy for the Devil "Antigone remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Ici Radio-Canada, April 15, 2020. Prix Iris 10 June 2020 Best Director Guillaume de Fontenay Best Actor Niels Schneider Best Screenplay Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe Best Sound Sylvain Bellemare, Jo Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl Best Visual Effects Benoît Brière, Kinga Sabela Best First Film Guillaume de Fontenay
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