2023 Canadian drama film
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (French: Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Lyne Charlebois and released in 2023.[1]
The film stars Alexandre Goyette as Marie-Victorin Kirouac, the Roman Catholic clergyman who was instrumental in the creation of the Montreal Botanical Garden, and Mylène Mackay as Marcelle Gauvreau, a young botany student with whom he had a longtime emotionally intimate but platonic friendship.[2]
The cast also includes Rachel Graton, Francis Ducharme, Sylvie Moreau, Marianne Farley and Vincent Graton.[3]
Production
The film entered production in early 2023. It was shot principally in Montreal, although several days of location shooting were also undertaken in Cuba.[4]
Mackay previously played Gauvreau in André Forcier's 2019 film Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées), opposite Yves Jacques as Kirouac.[5]
Distribution
The film premiered on November 2, 2023, as the closing film of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[1] It later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival.[6]
Commercial release is slated for June 2024.[7]
Awards
References
- ^ a b Maxime Demers, "Le film «Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles» sera présenté en clôture du Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue". Le Journal de Montréal, September 7, 2023.
- ^ Caroline Bertrand, "Marcelle Gauvreau et Marie-Victorin s’aimeront (chastement) à l’écran". Métro, February 17, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FCIAT 2023) Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles en clôture". Films du Québec, September 18, 2023.
- ^ Émilie Côté, "Les leçons d’un grand amour". La Presse, January 13, 2023.
- ^ Alex Rose, "Roy Dupuis pukes actual rainbows in André Forcier’s Les fleurs oubliées". Cult MTL, October 25, 2019.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "500 Days in the Wild to world premiere at Whistler". Playback, November 1, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles en salle le 21 juin". Films du Québec, March 18, 2024.
- ^ "Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles remporte le 42e FCIAT". Ici Radio-Canada Première, November 3, 2023.
- ^ Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
