Ireland Blue Book

2023 Canadian comedy film
Ireland Blue Book
FrenchIrlande cahier bleu
Directed byOlivier Godin
Written byOlivier Godin
Produced byAmélie Tremblay
Olivier Godin
StarringEmery Habwineza
Florence Blain Mbaye
Étienne Pilon
Ève Duranceau
CinematographyRenaud Després-Larose
Edited byOlivier Godin
Production
company
Palabres
Release date
  • July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28) (Fantasia)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Ireland Blue Book (French: Irlande cahier bleu) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Olivier Godin and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Emery Habwineza as Ducarmel, a firefighter and basketball player who has fantastical dreams about being sent on an intergalactic mission in outer space when he falls asleep at night.[2]

The cast also includes Étienne Pilon, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Stéphane Crête, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Johanna Nutter, François-Simon Poirier, Charlotte Aubin, Rawam Sleiman, Philomène Lévesque-Rainville, Élia Dassi, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Suzanne Beth, Anne Lapierre, Josée Laviolette, Pierre Mailloux and Samer Najari in supporting roles.[3]

Production

Ducarmel previously appeared, also played by Habwineza, as a minor supporting character in Godin's previous film There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier).[4]

Distribution

The film premiered in July 2023 at the Fantasia International Film Festival,[5] where it was named the winner of the Camera Lucida award from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.[6]

It went into commercial distribution in September 2023.[2]

References

  1. ^ Martin Gignac, "Loin des règles établies". La Presse, September 8, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Olivier Du Ruisseau, "«Irlande cahier bleu»: le basketball poétique d’Olivier Godin". Le Devoir, September 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Irlande cahier bleu – Film de Olivier Godin". Films du Québec, September 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Jason Paré, "«Irlande cahier bleu»: onirisme et poésie ". Métro, July 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Canadian films Irlande Cahier Bleu, Romi set for Fantasia". Playback, June 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Erik Pedersen, "Fantasia Film Festival Awards: ‘Red Rooms’ Takes Best Feature & Two Others; ‘Femme’ A Double Winner – Full List". Deadline Hollywood, July 30, 2023.

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