The musical adaptation of the play The sisters-in-law will be brought to the big screen. The drama, written by René Richard Cyr and inspired by the legendary play by Michel Tremblay, is one of nine Quebec fiction feature films that will benefit from SODEC support this year.
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The film directed by René-Richard Cyr will be the first to represent the characters of Tremblay’s work since the film Once Upon a Time in the East, directed by André Brassard in 1974. The feature film, which revisits Michel Tremblay’s centerpiece in music, is directly inspired by the musical presented from March to May 2010 at the Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui and which starred Marie -Thérèse Fortin in the title role of Germaine Lauzon. It is not yet known what the cast of the film will be.
A handful of other well-known directors have also seen their projects selected by SODEC; Ababoined by André Forcier, a film set in the Faubourg à m’lasse d’antan, a popular neighborhood in southeastern Montreal, Tell me why these things are so beautifula sentimental drama by Lyne Charlebois about the relationship between Brother Marie-Victorin and Marcelle Gauvreau, as well as The Chef and the Customs Officer, a comedy by Manon Briand telling the story of a French chef in search of fame who tries to help a kid win a cooking contest.
Another project worth noting having obtained the support of SODEC, Mher ankle bootby Yan Lanouette Turgeon, a children’s film inspired by the popular Bach et Bottine, which revealed Mahée Paiment in 1986.
The other films selected are Christmas treesby Stéphane Moukarzel, The weatherby Francois Delisle, A universal languageby Matthew Rankin and Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal, by Ariane Louis-Seize, these last three projects in the category reserved for estimates of less than 3.5 million dollars. All these feature films were selected following the January 19 submission, which included 57 eligible projects.