There’s no shortage of Quebec films this summer, with movie theaters once again the perfect place to escape — and air-condition. Here are the titles that will fill the next few months with emotions of all kinds.
Director Monia Chokri, who has just returned from the Cannes Film Festival where she sat on the Cinéfondation and Short Films jury, offers, with Babysitter, the film adaptation of the eponymous play by Catherine Léger. The nanny in the title is Amy, played by Nadia Tereszkiewicz, who keeps the baby of Cédric (Patrick Hivon) and Nadine (Monia Chokri). The latter is in full postpartum depression while Cédric is writing a book after being filmed while making a sexist gesture on a journalist. Catherine Léger took part in writing the screenplay for the filmmaker’s second feature film, the play having been written before
A teenager is convinced that her parents will stop arguing after their divorce. But the problem is that they have no intention of separating. For her first feature film, director Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers chose Charlotte St-Martin, Isabelle Blais and Pierre-Luc Brillant to embody the family trio. The filmmaker co-wrote the screenplay for this summer comedy filmed last fall in Montreal with Maryse Latendresse.
In a village in Bas-du-Fleuve, a family of poachers reigns supreme. But now the return of the youngest son, Anthony, accompanied by a radio presenter and the latter’s brother, cracks the yet united clan. With this story, Rafaël Ouellet (Truck) directs Karine Vanasse, Luc Picard, Guillaume Cyr, Micheline Lanctôt and Julien Poulin, the filmmaker signing his big comeback here seven years after his Gurov and Anna.
Three high school friends, played by Catherine Chabot, Léane Labrèche-Dor and Mariana Mazza, get together for the best… and especially the worst for a drunken evening. Co-directed by actress Catherine Chabot and filmmaker Miryam Bouchard, the feature film written by Catherine Chabot and Émile Gaudreault (yes) promises to be the summer comedy that is good to see as a couple.
Filmed in 2019 and postponed several times due to the pandemic, Confessions is directed by Luc Picard, on a screenplay by Sylvain Guy and the film is set to music by Daniel Bélanger. The filmmaker plays the role of Gérald Gallant, the worst hitman in the history of the country with his 28 murders. The cast of Confessions is impressive since we can see, among others, Sandrine Bisson, Maxim Gaudette, Éveline Gélinas, David La Haye and Louise Portal.
Two years after the accusations of sexual harassment and physical assault made by Safia Nolin, Maripier Morin, also a new mother, signs here her big comeback in the spotlight. Mariloup Wolfe’s camera and Marie Vien’s screenplay (La passion d’Augustine) take us into the life of a young Minister of Culture (Maripier Morin), who has just been appointed to this post. A dramatic comedy, Arlette also counts on the presence of Paul Ahmarani, Benoît Brière, David La Haye and Gilbert Sicotte in the cast.
Louis Godbout has recently been in the news as he penned the screenplay for Coda: Life in Music with Patrick Stewart. With Les tricheurs, he signs a crazy and grating comedy taking place on a golf course and starring Christine Beaulieu in the middle of the trio composed of Benoït Gouin, Alexandre Goyette and Steve Laplante.
Denis Côté examines sexuality with his inimitable style in his 14th feature film presented at the Berlinale last February. The filmmaker thus follows three women, Eugénie (Laure Giappiconi), Geisha (Aude Mathieu) and Léonie (Larissa Corriveau), patients in a nursing home who journey through their sexual troubles.
Postponed many times, Éric Tessier’s film starring Rémy Girard, Julie Le Breton and Karelle Tremblay deals with Alzheimer’s and old age by focusing on this retired history professor who is retiring shortly. little from public life and kept by his relatives in turn.
