''Sisters and Neighbors!'' () is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by

René Richard Cyr René Richard Cyr (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director from Quebec.Raymond Bertin"René Richard Cyr" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', February 10, 2010. He is most noted for his roles as barber Méo Bellemare ...

and released in 2024. Adapted from

Michel Tremblay Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood ...

's influential stage play ''

Les Belles-sœurs ''Les Belles-sœurs'' (; "The Sisters-in-Law") is a two-act play written by Michel Tremblay in 1965. It was Tremblay's first professionally produced work and remains his most popular and most translated work. The play has had a profound effec ...

'', the film stars Geneviève Schmidt as Germaine Lauzon, a 1960s housewife in the

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district of

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who wins a million trading stamps in a

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; needing to paste them all into booklets to exchange for prizes, she invites many of her family and friends over for a "stamping party", only to face the petty jealousies of many of the participants.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Nos belles-soeurs – Film de René Richard Cyr"
''Films du Québec'', July 4, 2024. The supporting cast includes Guylaine Tremblay,

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Anne-Élisabeth Bossé is a Canadian actress from Repentigny, Quebec.

, Ariane Moffatt, Debbie Lynch-White,

Véronic DiCaire Véronic DiCaire (born in Embrun, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Franco-Ontarian singer and impressionist.

, Valérie Blais,

Pierrette Robitaille Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. Career Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in '' It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ...

, Diane Lavallée,

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, Jeanne Bellefeuille,

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, Maxime Le Flaguais,

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, Guillaume Cyr, Mégane Proulx, Steve Laplante, Isabelle Blais and Charles-Aubey Houde. The film has also screened in some markets under the English release title ''Our Sisters-in-Law'', but its English title is officially ''Sisters and Neighbors!'' per

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. The film had a gala premiere on July 8, 2024, before opening commercially on July 11. It was an immediate hit, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for box office success in the Quebec market within one week of its release."Le film «Nos belles-sœurs» dépasse le million $ au box-office"

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, July 18, 2024.

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* 2024 films 2024 comedy films Canadian musical comedy films Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal 2020s French-language films French-language Canadian films 2020s Canadian films Canadian films based on plays {{2020s-Canada-film-stub