My Mother's Men

My Mother's Men (French: Les Hommes de ma mère) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anik Jean and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Léane Labrèche-Dor as Elsie, a woman who is fulfilling her recently deceased mother Anne's (Anne-Marie Cadieux) wishes that a portion of her ashes be given to each of her ex-husbands.[2]

My Mother's Men
FrenchLes Hommes de ma mère
Directed byAnik Jean
Written byMaryse Latendresse
Produced byPatrick Huard
Anik Jean
StarringLéane Labrèche-Dor
Marc Messier
Patrick Huard
Benoît Gouin
Colm Feore
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byJean-François Bergeron
Music byAnik Jean
Production
company
Jessie Films
Distributed byImmina Films
Release date
  • August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Marc Messier, Patrick Huard, Benoît Gouin, Colm Feore, Jean-Simon Leduc, Isabel Richer, Sandrine Bisson, Louis-Georges Girard, Emma Lafrenière and Frank Marrs.

Jean, previously known as a musician, directed the film as her feature debut, and stated that she had connected with the script due to the recent death of her own father.[1]

The film premiered commercially on August 4, 2023;[3] by August 21 it had made over $1 million at the provincial box office in Quebec.[4] It also screened in the Industry Selects program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and received a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[6]

References
  1. "Les hommes de ma mère, premier film d’Anik Jean, prend l’affiche". Ici Radio-Canada, August 4, 2023.
  2. Olivier Du Ruisseau, "«Les hommes de ma mère»: le grand saut d’Anik Jean". Le Devoir, July 31, 2023.
  3. Isabelle Hontebeyrie, "«Les hommes de ma mère»: Léane Labrèche-Dor et Anik Jean jouent en justesse et en sensibilité". Le Journal de Montréal, August 3, 2023.
  4. Maxime Demers, "Box-office: le film «Les hommes de ma mère», d’Anik Jean, franchit le cap du million deux semaines après sa sortie". Le Journal de Montréal, August 21, 2023.
  5. Jeremy Kay, "James Marsh, Rebecca Snow, Neil Burger films among 12 TIFF Industry Selects sales titles". Screen Daily, August 21, 2023.
  6. Heidi Ulrichsen, "Cinéfest 2023 features strong Canadian content". Sudbury.com, August 23, 2023.


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