Funkytown

Funkytown is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Daniel Roby and written by Steve Galluccio. starring Patrick Huard, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch and Raymond Bouchard. Plot summary Set in Montreal during the disco era, the film revolves around the Starlight, a fictionalized version of Montreal's famed Lime Light discothèque. It depicts this world starting in 1976, when Montreal was considered one of the world's top nightclub destinations, through to 1980, when the fashion for disco was about to experience a sharp decline. By the early 1980s political issues such as Quebec's 1980 independence referendum had fractured and polarized the city, and Montreal had also begun to experience a decade of economic decline. By then, it had ceased to be the largest city in Canada, and had ceased as well to be Canada's financial and industrial centre. Cast Patrick Huard as Bastien Lavallée, an influential radio and television personality. Lavallée is a fictionalized version of real-life Montreal radio and television personality Alain Montpetit. Justin Chatwin as Tino Deifiori, a young Italian waiter and disco dancer Paul Doucet as Jonathan Aaronson, a flamboyant gay radio, television and fashion personality and trendsetter (a fictionalised version of Douglas Coco Leopold) Raymond Bouchard as Gilles Lefebvre, a record producer and impresario who runs the club with his son Daniel Geneviève Brouillette as Mimi, a former Gogo singer now down on her luck Sarah Mutch as Adriana, a model who wants to become a disco singer François Létourneau as Daniel, Gilles Lefebvre's son Sophie Cadieux as Helene, Daniel Lefebvre's secretary Romina D'Ugo as Tino's girlfriend Jocelyne Zucco as Nicole Janine Theriault as Connie Dominic Longo as Carlo David Tyler as DJ Scratch Production In June 2009, it was announced that Patrick Huard had been cast to play the lead role in the film, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch, Raymond Bouchard, François Létourneau and Geneviève Brouillette being also cast in supporting roles, with Daniel Roby directing from a screenplay by Steve Galluccio. Principal photography took place between June 9, 2009, and August 8, 2009, in Montreal. Some scenes of the film were in fact shot inside, outside and in the surroundings of the building which had housed the Lime Light, at 1258 Stanley Street. It now houses the premium strip club "Chez Parée" and the dance club "La Boom".