''Origami'' is a Canadian science fiction thriller film, directed by Patrick Demers and released in 2017. The film stars François Arnaud as David, a man struggling to make sense of whether his apparent ability to travel back and forth in time is the result of a psychotic break or a timeline that is genuinely folding in on itself.Norman Wilner
"Cinefranco review: Origami"
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'', October 3, 2018. The film's cast also includes Nobuya Shimamoto, Max Laferriere, Stefanie Nakamura,

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, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Normand D'Amour, Patrick Forest, Tania Kontoyanni and Milton Tanaka. The film premiered on July 18, 2017 at the

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, before going into commercial release in 2018.

Critical response

Norman Wilner of ''

'' rated the film three N's, writing that "the charismatic Arnaud ('' Blindspot'', ''

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'') does a fine job of holding the whole thing together, even as when it briefly flirts with turning into a bad remake of ''

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''." André Duchesne of '' La Presse'' also praised Arnaud's performance as successfully carrying a difficult film.

Awards

At the Fantasia Film Festival, the film received a special citation from the Barry Convex Award jury. Screenwriters André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde received a

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at the

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in 2019.Yan Lauzon
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'', April 11, 2019.

References

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* 2017 films Canadian science fiction thriller films Films shot in Montreal Fiction about origami Quebec films 2010s Canadian films Films scored by Ramachandra Borcar {{2010s-Canada-film-stub