Canadian
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drama film, directed by
Mariloup Wolfe
Mariloup Wolfe (born 3 January 1978) is a Canadian actress and film director. She went to F.A.C.E. School, an art school in Montreal. She holds a major in Film Production from Concordia University (2001) and a minor in Cultural Studies from Mc ...
Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon
Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, sometimes credited as Victor Trelles, is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2012 film ''The Torrent (Le Torrent)'', for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor ...
) and Véra (Jeanne Roux-Côté), who are raising their shy but observant young daughter Yanna (
Lilou Roy-Lanouette
Lilou Roy-Lanouette (born 2010) is a Canadian child actress from Chambly, Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 2019 film '' Jouliks'', for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cin ...
) as
squatters
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in an abandoned house.
The film faced some criticism from
Roma
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activists, as the word "joulik", a
Russian language
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word for "thug", has often been used as an ethnic slur against Roma people. Lê-Huu clarified that the play and film were not intended to be about Roma, but worked with the community to ensure that anything in the original play which could be perceived as reinforcing a stereotype of the Roma people was rewritten for clarity in the screenplay.
The film had its premiere on October 16, 2019, at the Festival de cinéma québécois de Biscarrosse, followed by a gala screening on October 22 at the
Théâtre Maisonneuve
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Théâtre Maisonneuve was inaugurated in 1967 and was named for the fou ...
in
Montreal
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, before opening commercially on November 1.
Awards
The film received a
Canadian Screen Award
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nomination for Best Overall Sound (Gavin Fernandes, Normand Lapierre) at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards
The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019.Prix Iris
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Revelation of the Year (Roy-Lanouette), Best Costume Design (Ginette Magny) and Best Makeup (Jeanne Lafond) at the
22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki docume ...
Ici Radio-Canada
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