Everyone is crazy!
An uncompromising customs officer (Julie Le Breton) asks a perfectionist chef (Édouard Baer), with whom she has had a run-in, to help her daughter (Élodie Fontaine) who is not very good at cooking, to participate in a culinary competition. In June, an investigation by Mediapart and Cheek revealed that six women accused Baer of sexual assault. However, this will not prevent Everyone is crazy!sixth feature film by Manon Briand (Fluid turbulence, Liverpool), first titled The Chief and the Customs Officerto take the stage. Sylvain Marcel, Dominic Paquet, Normand Chouinard and Michèle Deslauriers are also there. Will the public be there?
In theaters September 13
The last meal
The last meal tells the story of the reunion of a man and his daughter who have been estranged for 20 years. Knowing that he has incurable cancer, Reynold (Gilbert Laumord) takes advantage of the time he has left to share meals with his daughter Vanessa (Marie-Évelyne Lessard). Little by little, traditional dishes bring back memories of Haiti under the Duvalier dictatorship. Written with Luis Molinié (the short film Mamita), The last meal is the first feature-length fiction film by Maryse Legagneur (In the name of mother and son), documentary filmmaker and winner of the last edition of The race destination world (1998-1999).
In theaters September 27
The little one and the old one
Selected at the Locarno Film Festival, in the Locarno Kids Screening section, The little one and the old one will also have the honour of opening the Quebec City Film Festival on September 12. Directed by Patrice Sauvé, written by Sébastien Girard, based on the novel by Marie-Renée Lavoie, this comedy tells the unlikely friendship between Jo (Juliette Bharucha, a native of Quebec City), a young idealist, and her new neighbour (Gildor Roy), a gruff, foul-mouthed old man. Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Marylin Castonguay play Jo’s parents in this film set in a working-class neighbourhood of Quebec City during the 1980s.
In theaters October 4
You are not alone
As their first feature film, Marie-Hélène Viens and Philippe Lupien, a duo to whom we owe Bernard the Great, Amen And We are the freak showtender and offbeat short films, offer a romantic comedy mixed with science fiction. Pursued by a strange taxi driver (François Papineau), Léo (Pier-Luc Funk), a lonely pizza delivery man, begins an affair with Rita (Marianne Fortier), a luminous singer in a band that is going on tour. As autumn draws to a close, the anxious lover feels that strange phenomena are occurring around him. Sandrine Bisson, Micheline Lanctôt and Blaise Tardif complete the cast of You are not alone.
In theaters October 18
The Christmas Cyclone
The charm of the TV series The eye of the storm Will it survive its passage to the big screen? And will Christine Beaulieu break the fourth wall? In The Christmas Cyclonedirected by Alain Chicoine, from a screenplay by Dominic Anctil, Marie-Élène Grégoire and Louis-Philippe Rivard, we find the actress in the role of Isabelle, a mother of three children who, from the day after Halloween, prepares for Christmas. Between managing her small business and the impromptu visits of her sister (Véronique Cloutier), as well as her mother and her new husband (Danielle Proulx and Luc Senay), Isabelle will see all the colors.
In theaters November 8
Shepherds
Free adaptation of the story by Mathyas Lefebure, Where do you come from, shepherd?the new film by Sophie Deraspe (Antigone) takes us to Provence, where an aspiring Montreal writer (Félix-Antoine Duval) learns to be a shepherd after giving up his career in advertising. While he goes through various difficulties, Mathyas meets someone who will change his life: Élise (Solène Rigot), who has just left her job as a civil servant. Before hitting the screens, Shepherds will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the Special Presentations section, in addition to being the opening film of the 30e Cinemania edition.
In theaters November 15
Mthe Boot
While struggling to compose an opera, Philippe (Antoine Bertrand) is forced to take in his niece Simone (Marguerite Laurence), an eccentric orphan, and her best friend, the skunk Miss Bottine. Directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, written by Dominic James, this new Conte pour tous is inspired by Bach and Bottine (1986), by filmmaker André Melançon and his co-writer Bernadette Renaud. After Coconut Firmdirected by Sébastien Gagné and written by Dominic James, Mshe Boot is the second Conte pour tous to see the light of day since the revival of the film series created by Rock Demers.
In theaters November 29