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The Dishwasher
Genres
Drama
Overview
Montreal, Winter 2002. Stéphane, 19 years old, fan of Metal, student in graphic design, dreams of becoming an illustrator. But for months he has been caught in a threatening spiral: he is addicted to games. Indebted, without an apartment, avoiding his friends to whom he owes money, Stéphane takes a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant in a major Italian restaurant in Montreal in order to get by. There, he will meet Bébert, a cook who burns the candle at both ends, and Greg, a waiter with disreputable actions. Will Stéphane make it through this new job or will he fall into a downward spiral of bad choices?
Details
Budget
$5000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
2023-08-22
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
10
Vote Average
6.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Henri Picard
Stéphane
Charles-Aubey Houde
Bébert
Joan Hart
Bonnie
Maxime de Cotret
Greg
Fayolle Jean Jr
Renaud
Robin L'Houmeau
Jonathan
Marie-Ève Beauregard
Sarah
Zachary Evrard
Nick
Gabrielle Côté
Séverine
Jade Charbonneau
Marie-Lou
Guillaume Laurin
Malik
Anthony Therrien
Will
Julien Leclerc
Alex
Stéphan Allard
Stéphane's father
Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard
Rémi
Luka Limoges
Carl
Emmanuel Schwartz
Benjamin
Eric K. Boulianne
Christian
Madani Tall
Vincent
Nicolas Krief
Krief
Marc-André Grondin
Narrator (voice)
Élysabeth Sicard
Stripper
Mélodie Clément
Stripper
Alexis Lemay-Plamondon
Partygoer
Devon O'Connor
Timberland
Claude Boulianne
Dealer
Cédrick Gosselin
Civic Driver
James Édouard Métayer
Jackson
Pascale Labonté
Nelly
Samuel Bleau
Nelly's new boyfriend
Andawa Laveau
Deathgaze's guitarist
Jérémy Rodriguez-Carignan
Deathgaze's guitarist
Jacob Haddoud
Deathgaze's drummer
Félix Rioux
Deathgaze's bassist
Alex Chaussé
Tattooed barman
Ève Sévigny
Lightly dressed waitress
Liridon Rashiti
Puma
Jean-François Bouchard
Dealer
Guy-Daniel Tremblay
Colleague
Marie-Michelle Garon
Stéphane's mother
Emcie Turineck
Cook
Tyler Saint
Cook
Thomas Daoust
Cook
Mathilde Chauvette
Police officer
Roody Renelus
Police officer
George Kontogiannis
Barman Sona
Olivier Aubin
Winning customer
Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi
Repairer
Bénédicte Allard
Stéphane's cousin
Claudelle Allard
Stéphane's cousin
Sébastien Corbière
Coked-up forty-year-old
Mario Geoffrey
Roulette player
Jake Cohen
Client flirting with Bonnie
Mattis Savard-Verhoeven
Tall burly blond
Mehdi Atallah
Convenience store cashier
Erich Preach
Massive black man
Nelty Tosomba
Apartment girl
Megan Saunders
Apartment girl
Lucson Jean
Young black man
Nicola-Frank Vachon
Doctor
Sarah Anne Parent
Malik's girlfriend
Gabriella Maria Gourd
Marie-Lou's lookalike
Gabriel Decelles
New dishwasher
Maxime Arteau-Blackburn
Barman
Étienne Geffroy
Attacker
Brandon-Lee Rolland
Attacker
Christopher Casacalenda
Attacker
Oliver Ocampo
Attacker
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