# Viking (2022 film)

Viking is a 2022 Canadian comedy film, directed by Stéphane Lafleur. The film centres on a group of people who are working as a "B team" to reenact the events of the first crewed mission to Mars, in the hopes of trying to solve the interpersonal problems among the astronauts that have impacted the real mission.
The film's cast includes Steve Laplante, Larissa Corriveau, Fabiola Nyrva Aladin, Hamza Haq, Denis Houle, Marie Brassard and Martin-David Peters.
The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022.
In 2023, the film was released in France under the alternate title On dirait la planète mars.

## Cast

* Marie Brassard as Christiane Comte
* Steve Laplante as David
* Fabiola Nyrva Aladin as Janet
* Denis Houle as Liz
* Larissa Corriveau as Steven
* Hamza Haq as Gary
* Christopher Heyerdahl as Roy Walker

## Critical response

Pat Mullen of That Shelf called Viking "Lafleur's best film yet", and analyzed it in part as an allegory for the technological mediations that society has had to cope with through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.

## Awards

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2022 | Best Canadian Film | Viking | Honoured |
| Utopiales | 2022 | Grand Prix du Jury | Viking | Won |
| Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival | 2022 | Best French-Language Feature | Viking | Won |
| Vevey International Funny Film Festival | 2022 | VIFFF d’or | Viking | Won |
| Prix collégial du cinéma québécois | 2023 | Best Film | Viking | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Motion Picture | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Director | Stéphane Lafleur | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Lead Performance in a Film | Steve Laplante | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Stéphane Lafleur, Éric K. Boulianne | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Art Direction/Production Design | André-Line Beauparlant | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Cinematography | Sara Mishara | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Costume Design | Sophie Lefebvre | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Editing | Sophie Leblond | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Sound Editing | Sylvain Bellemare, Simon Meilleur, Frédéric Lavigne, Francis Gauthier, Claire Pochon | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Sound Mixing | Pierre Bertrand, Bernard Gariépy Strobl | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Makeup | Marie-Josée Galibert | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Hair | Vincent Dufault | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | April 16, 2023 | Best Casting in a Film | Lucie Robitaille | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Film | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Director | Stéphane Lafleur | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Actor | Steve Laplante | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Actress | Larissa Corriveau | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Denis Houle | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Revelation of the Year | Fabiola Nyrva Aladin | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Screenplay | Stéphane Lafleur, Éric K. Boulianne | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Art Direction | André-Line Beauparlant | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Costume Design | Sophie Lefebvre | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Cinematography | Sara Mishara | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Editing | Sophie Leblond | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Original Music | Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux, Mathieu Charbonneau | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Sound | Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Pierre Bertrand | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Hairstyling | Vincent Dufault | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Makeup | Marie-Josée Galibert | Nominated |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Casting | Lucie Robitaille, Dandy Thibaudeau | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Visual Effects | Marie-Claude Lafontaine, Simon Beaupré | Won |
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw, Stéphane Lafleur, Éric K. Boulianne, Christian Larouche, Sébastien Létourneau | Nominated |