That’s it: after being closed for seven weeks because of the Omicron wave, Quebec cinemas can finally reopen their doors starting today. In addition to catching up with several Hollywood productions launched just before Christmas this week (Spiderman, The matrix, Sing! 2), moviegoers will have a great variety of new Quebec films to dig into over the coming months. Here are seven to watch.
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Ken Scott
Take two for filmmaker Ken Scott’s new comedy-drama (Starbucks), which will be entitled to a new chance to seduce the public after being withdrawn from the poster, after only three days, during the last closing of the rooms, in December. Recently awarded at the Alpe d’Huez Comedy Festival, in France, goodbye happiness features four brothers who go to their family home in the Magdalen Islands to pay their last respects to their recently deceased father.
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François Arnaud and Vincent-Guillaume Otis in the film Norbourg
Actor François Arnaud plays the bandit with a tie Vincent Lacroix in this financial thriller by Maxime Giroux (Felix and Meira) freely inspired by the Norbourg affair, considered the biggest financial scandal in the history of Quebec. The film, which was scripted by Simon Lavoie (no trace), also stars Vincent-Guillaume Otis as Lacroix’s right-hand man, Éric Asselin.
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Kelly Depeault in the movie Noémie says yes
In this feature debut from director and screenwriter Geneviève Albert, young actress Kelly Depeault (The Goddess of Fireflies) slips into the skin of a teenager caught in the trap of prostitution. Note that Noémie says yes will be presented at the opening of Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma on April 20, before opening nine days later.
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Monia Chokri, Patrick Hivon and Steve Laplante in the movie Babysitter
Three years after achieving critical and popular success with his sparkling first feature film, My brother’s wifeactress and director Monia Chokri does it again with Baby sitter, a “feminist comedy” adapted from the play of the same title by author Catherine Léger. Patrick Hivon plays an engineer and new father who is suspended by his employer after making a sexist joke that has gone viral on social networks. Confronted by his girlfriend and his brother, he will undertake therapy by embarking on the writing of a book of excuses addressed to women.
Mariana Mazza, Léane Labrèche-Dor and Catherine Chabot share the starring role in this comedy featuring three young women in their thirties from Beauce, former friends in high school, who meet in Montreal for a vernissage. Directed by Miryam Bouchard (My own circus), Vanishing lines is an adaptation of the play of the same title, written by Catherine Chabot.
Already postponed a few times due to the pandemic, this detective drama by Luc Picard should finally land on our screens this summer. In addition to having signed the direction of the film, Picard himself defends the role of Gérald Gallant, the worst contract killer in the history of Quebec. confessions was awarded the prize for best direction at the Whistler Festival last December.
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Karine Vanasse in the movie Arsenault and Son
Seven years after the drama’s release Gurov and Anna, filmmaker Rafaël Ouellet (Truck) signs its return to the big screen with this thriller set in the world of poaching. The plot ofArsenault and Sons revolves around a family of poachers who have imposed their law for several generations in their small village in Bas-du-Fleuve. The film brings together Guillaume Cyr, Karine Vanasse and Luc Picard on screen.
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