Richelieu (2023 film)

Richelieu (French: Richelieu), also released as Temporaries in some territories, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Ariane Castellanos as Ariane, a woman who is hired as a Spanish-French translator at a food processing plant in Quebec that has a large staff of temporary migrant workers from Guatemala, but becomes an ally and advocate for the workers as she realizes the need to defend them from abuse and exploitation by owner Stéphane (Marc-André Grondin).[2]

"Temporaries" redirects here. For ephemera, some ephemeral, temporary things, see temp (disambiguation).
Richelieu
Directed byPier-Philippe Chevigny
Written byPier-Philippe Chevigny
Produced byGeneviève Gosselin-G.
StarringAriane Castellanos
Marc-André Grondin
Nelson Coronado
CinematographyGabriel Brault-Tardif
Edited byAmélie Labrèche
Production
companies
Le Foyer Films
TS Productions
JPL Films
Distributed byFunfilm Distribution
Release date
  • June 8, 2023 (2023-06-08) (Tribeca)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Nelson Coronado, Micheline Bernard, Ève Duranceau, Luis Oliva, Gerardo Miranda, Antonio Ortega, Émile Schneider and Marc Beaupré.[3]

Chevigny's full-length directorial debut, the film entered production in 2021, under the working title Rive-Sud.[4]

The film premiered on June 8, 2023, in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.[2] It had its Canadian premiere in July at the Fantasia Film Festival,[5] and is slated for commercial release in the fall.

References
  1. Naman Ramachandran, "Tribeca, Karlovy Vary, Fantasia Title ‘Temporaries’: Watch First Teaser for Migrant Worker Drama". Variety, May 31, 2023.
  2. Pierre-Marc Durivage, "Le long métrage québécois Richelieu en compétition à Tribeca". La Presse, April 18, 2023.
  3. "Le film Rive-Sud actuellement en tournage". La Presse, September 17, 2021.
  4. Melanie Goodfellow, "Be For Films boards Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s migrant worker drama 'Rive Sud'". Screen Daily, October 20, 2021.
  5. "« Richelieu » de Pier-Philippe Chevigny sera présenté à Fantasia". Lien Multimédia, May 12, 2023.
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