Conquest (1998 film)

Conquest
Directed by	Piers Haggard
Produced by	Christina Jennings and Stephen Onda
Written by	Rob Forsyth
Starring	Lothaire Bluteau. Tara FitzGerald, Monique Mercure, David Fox and Eugene Lipinski
Music by	Ron Sures
Release date(s)	1998
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada United Kingdom
Language	English

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 Alpha Romeo sports car and when it stalls, finds herself stranded indefinitely until the needed parts can be shipped in. Her presence invigourates 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 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

• Lothaire Bluteau as Pincer Bedier
• Tara FitzGerald as Daisy MacDonald
• Monique Mercure as Grace Gallagher
• David Fox as Carl Gallagher^[3]
• Eugene Lipinski as Glenn Boychuk^[4]
• Daniel MacDonald as Erwin Boychuk
• Quyen Hua as My Lang
• John Bourgeois as Morley
• Susan Williamson as Margaret
• Chrisse Bornstein as Dorothy
• Jean Freeman as Betty

References

1. ^ Fandango listing for Conquest
2. ^ Writers Guild of Canada: Conquest: A Feature Interview with Rob Forsyth by Wyndham Wise
3. ^ Fandango bio of David Fox
4. ^ Fandango filmography of Eugene Lipinski