The movie The sisters -in -law is part, along with the next work by André Forcier and a film inspired by Bach and Bootie, in nine feature films whose financing was announced Thursday by SODEC. Telefilm Canada also released the list of funded films, which includes an adaptation of Mariloup Wolfe’s novel dull heartby Sarah-Maude Beauchesne.
After the successful performance on stage, the musical The sisters -in -law, adapted from Michel Tremblay’s play by René Richard Cyr, will be taken to the big screen. René Richard Cyr will also write and direct it.
Ababoined, the film currently being prepared by André Forcier, will also receive funding from SODEC, but also from Telefilm Canada. The story takes place in Faubourg à m’lasse, a district of Montreal that disappeared in the 1960s with the construction of the Maison de Radio-Canada.
The film will feature a young apprentice typographer in a publishing house who, along with his friends, will try to challenge the clerical order and publish a book that brings together the best forgotten or invented words.
Brother Marie-Victorin again at the heart of a film
Other films funded by the two organizations: Miss Bootieby Yan Lanouette Turgeon, at Tell me why these things are so beautifulby Lyne Charlebois.
The first is a classic -inspired children’s film for children Bach and Bootie, one of the most popular in Quebec film series Les Contes pour tous. It will be written by Dominic James, the president of Productions La Fête. This production house created by Rock Demers produced Les Contes pour tous.
The second is a dramatic film that will narrate pure love, born in the 1930s, between Brother Marie-Victorin, then 46 years old, and Marcelle Gauvreau, who is 23 years younger than him.
Directed by Stéphane Moukarzel, the dramatic comedy Christmas treesdepicting a young man from La Tuque who will sell Christmas trees in New York, will also be eligible for support from SODEC and Telefilm Canada.
dull heart adapted into a film
As for dull heartthis film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe, will be scripted by author and actress Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, who wrote this novel centered on a teenager spending the summer in the Eastern Townships.
It will be funded by Telefilm Canada, as will The last mealng Maryse Legagneur; where are you from shepherdby Sophie Deraspe; Sylvain is simple, by Monia Chokri; at quiet hotel, by Lea Pool. Last week, the filmmaker provided details about this film in an interview with Radio-Canada.
In part, SODEC will also support The chef and the customs officerby Manon Briand; The weatherby François Delisle; A universal languageby Matthew Rankin and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consent to Suicideby Ariane Louis-Seize.
Source: Radio-Canada
