Vile & Miserable
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| French | Vil & Misérable |
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| Directed by | Jean-François Leblanc |
| Written by | Jean-François Leblanc Samuel Cantin |
| Based on | Vil & Misérable by Samuel Cantin |
| Produced by | Fanny Drew Sarah Mannering |
| Starring | Fabien Cloutier Pier-Luc Funk Chantal Fontaine Alexis Martin |
| Cinematography | François Messier-Rheault |
| Edited by | Jules Saulnier |
| Music by | Mathieu David Gagnon |
Production company | Colonelle Films |
| Distributed by | Entract |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Vile & Miserable (French: Vil & Misérable) is a Canadian fantasy comedy film, directed by Jean-François Leblanc and released in 2024.
An adaptation of the graphic novel by Samuel Cantin, the film stars Fabien Cloutier as Lucien Vil, a misanthropic demon who has been living on earth for 350 years running a used bookstore inside a car dealership; one day, dealership owner Sylvie (Chantal Fontaine) hires Daniel Lamontagne (Pier-Luc Funk) as a new assistant for Lucien against his wishes, with the two developing an unlikely friendship as they set out to recover a shipment of rare books stolen by the Mafia from a shipping container at the Port of Montreal.
The cast also includes Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Alexis Martin, Éric Robidoux, Rodley Pitt, Florence Blain Mbaye, Sébastien Leblanc, Bernard Fortin, Anne Boulianne, Guillaume Girard, Robert Ung and Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard in supporting roles.