Jeune Juliette

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]

Jeune Juliette
Film poster
Directed byAnne Émond
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Written byAnne Émond
StarringAlexane Jamieson
Léanne Désilets
Myriam Leblanc
Robin Aubert
Antoine DesRochers
Music byVincent Roberge
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byAlexandre Leblanc
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


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