| Blue Sky Jo | |
|---|---|
| French | La petite et le vieux |
| Directed by | Patrice Sauvé |
| Written by | Sébastien Girard |
| Based on | La petite et le vieux by Marie-Renée Lavoie |
| Produced by | Sonia Despars Marc Biron |
| Starring | Juliette Bharucha Gildor Roy Vincent-Guillaume Otis Marilyn Castonguay |
| Cinematography | François Gamache |
| Edited by | Claude Palardy |
| Music by | Viviane Audet Robin-Joël Cool Alexis Martin |
| Production company | Parallaxes |
| Distributed by | TVA Films |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Blue Sky Jo (French: La petite et le vieux, lit. "The Little Girl and the Old Man") is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Patrice Sauvé and released in 2024. Adapted from Marie-Renée Lavoie's 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, the film stars Juliette Bharucha as Hélène, a young girl in the blue-collar Limoilou neighbourhood of Quebec City who befriends her elderly neighbour Roger (Gildor Roy).
The cast also includes Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Marilyn Castonguay as Hélène's parents, as well as Gabrielle B. Thuot, Mia Drolet, Élia St-Pierre, Denis Houle, Jack Robitaille, Amélie Bernard, Marie Michaud, Marie Bernier, Marie-Hélène Gendreau, Linda Laplante, Pierre-Yves Charbonneau, Sacha Lapointe, Amélie Pelletier, Jean-Philippe Côté, Ariane Bellavance-Fafard, Luc Bélanger-Morissette, Karl-Patrice Dupuis, Pierre-Luc Fontaine, Marguerite Bouchard, Andréanne Fortin and Charles Roberge in supporting roles.
Production
The film began production in September 2023, in Quebec City.
Distribution
The film premiered on August 16, 2024, at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.
It had its Canadian premiere as the opening film of the 2024 Quebec City Film Festival, and screened at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, before opening commercially on October 4.
Awards
It won the award for French-Language Feature Film at Cinéfest.
References
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "La Petite et le Vieux à Locarno". Films du Québec, July 25, 2024.
- Luc Boulanger, "La Petite et le Vieux en primeur au Festival du film de Locarno". La Presse, July 10, 2024.
- "La Petite et le Vieux en première mondiale ce soir au Festival du film de Locarno !". CTVM, August 16, 2024.
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Tournage de « La petite et le vieux »". Films du Québec, September 28, 2023.
- Maxime Demers, "Le film «La petite et le vieux», de Patrice Sauvé, sélectionné au festival de Locarno". TVA Nouvelles, July 10, 2024.
- Kathleen Lavoie, "La petite et le vieux ouvrira le 13e Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, August 7, 2024.
- "Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Details 2024 Lineup". Exclaim!, August 27, 2024.
- "‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ big winner at Cinéfest Sudbury". Sudbury.com, September 27, 2024.
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