Young Juliette

Young Juliette (French: Jeune Juliette) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Anne Émond and released in 2019.[1] A semi-autobiographical coming of age story inspired by Émond's own teenage experiences, the film stars Alexane Jamieson as Juliette, an overweight and unpopular young girl who is bullied at her high school but learns how to fight back with her wit.[2]

Young Juliette
Film poster
FrenchJeune Juliette
Directed byAnne Émond
Written byAnne Émond
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
StarringAlexane Jamieson
Léanne Désilets
Myriam Leblanc
Robin Aubert
Antoine DesRochers
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byAlexandre Leblanc
Music byVincent Roberge
Production
company
Metafilms
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film also stars Myriam Leblanc and Robin Aubert as Juliette's parents; Christophe Levac as her older brother Pierre-Luc; Léanne Désilets as her friend Léanne; Antoine DesRochers as her brother's best friend Liam, on whom Juliette has a romantic crush; Gabriel Beaudet as Arnaud, a classmate with Asperger syndrome whom Juliette defends from similar bullying; and Karl Farah and Stéphane Crête as teachers at her school.[3]

The film opened in theatres on August 9, 2019.[1]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 28 May 2020 Best Original Screenplay Anne Émond Nominated [4]
Prix Iris 10 June 2020 Best Film Sylvain Corbeil Nominated [5]
Best Actor Robin Aubert Nominated
Best Screenplay Anne Émond Nominated
Best Art Direction Sylvain Lemaitre Nominated
Revelation of the Year Alexane Jamieson Nominated
Best Casting Nathalie Boutrie Nominated

References
  1. Dunlevy, T'cha (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette a different kind of Quebec coming-of-age comedy". Montreal Gazette.
  2. Lussier, Marc-André (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: inattendu et remarquable". La Presse.
  3. Moreault, Éric (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: La vie ne vire pas toujours au drame". Le Soleil.
  4. "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.