Sisters and Neighbors!

Sisters and Neighbors!
FrenchNos belles-sœurs
Directed byRené Richard Cyr
Written byRené Richard Cyr
Michel Tremblay
Based onLes Belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay
Produced byDenise Robert
StarringGeneviève Schmidt
Guylaine Tremblay
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Ariane Moffatt
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byArthur Tarnowski
Music byDaniel Bélanger
Production
company
Distributed byTVA Films
Release date
  • July 8, 2024 (2024-07-08)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Sisters and Neighbors! (French: Nos belles-sœurs) is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by René Richard Cyr and released in 2024.[1] Adapted from Michel Tremblay's influential stage play Les Belles-sœurs, the film stars Geneviève Schmidt as Germaine Lauzon, a 1960s housewife in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal district of Montreal who wins a million trading stamps in a sweepstakes; needing to paste them all into booklets to exchange for prizes, she invites many of her family and friends over for a "stamping party", only to face the petty jealousies of many of the participants.[2]

The supporting cast includes Guylaine Tremblay, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Ariane Moffatt, Debbie Lynch-White, Véronic DiCaire, Valérie Blais, Pierrette Robitaille, Diane Lavallée, Véronique Le Flaguais, Jeanne Bellefeuille, Benoît Brière, Maxime Le Flaguais, Yves Jacques, Guillaume Cyr, Mégane Proulx, Steve Laplante, Isabelle Blais and Charles-Aubey Houde.[2]

The film has also screened in some markets under the English release title Our Sisters-in-Law, but its English title is officially Sisters and Neighbors! per Telefilm Canada.[3]

The film had a gala premiere on July 8, 2024,[4] before opening commercially on July 11.[5] It was an immediate hit, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for box office success in the Quebec market within one week of its release.[6]

Awards

Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Prix Iris December 8, 2024 Best Costume Design Francesca Chamberland Nominated [7]
Best Original Music Daniel Bélanger Won [8]
Best Hairstyling Daniel Jacob Won
Best Makeup Catherine Lavoie Nominated [7]
Best Visual Effects Marie-Claude Lafontaine, Jean-François Ferland, Sébastien Chartier Nominated
Prix Michel-Côté Yoann Sauvageau, Denise Robert, René Richard Cyr Won [9]

References

  1. ^ Manon Dumais, "À la gloire des ménagères". La Presse, July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Nos belles-soeurs – Film de René Richard Cyr". Films du Québec, July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "Sisters and Neighbors!". Telefilm Canada.
  4. ^ Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, "«Nos belles-soeurs»: femmes, flamboyance et dignité". Le Devoir, July 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, "«Nos belles-soeurs»: le pouvoir du coeur, le pouvoir des femmes". Le Devoir, July 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Le film «Nos belles-sœurs» dépasse le million $ au box-office". TVA Nouvelles, July 18, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Gala Artisans 2024: les lauréats dévoilés". Films du Québec, December 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024.


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