Origami (film)

Origami is a Canadian science fiction thriller film, directed by Patrick Demers and released in 2017.[1] 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.[2]

Origami
Directed byPatrick Demers
Produced byCédric Bourdeau
Stéphane Tanguay
Written byAndré Gulluni
Claude Lalonde
StarringFrançois Arnaud
Music byRamachandra Borcar
CinematographyTobie Marier-Robitaille
Edited byPatrick Demers
Production
company
Productions Kinesis
Distributed byFilmoption
Release date
  • July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) (Fantasia)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Japanese

The film's cast also includes Nobuya Shimamoto, Max Laferriere, Stefanie Nakamura, Benoît Gouin, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Normand D'Amour, Patrick Forest, Tania Kontoyanni and Milton Tanaka.

The film premiered on July 18, 2017 at the Fantasia Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2018.[4]

Critical response

Norman Wilner of Now rated the film three N's, writing that "the charismatic Arnaud (Blindspot, The People Garden) does a fine job of holding the whole thing together, even as when it briefly flirts with turning into a bad remake of The Butterfly Effect."[2] André Duchesne of La Presse also praised Arnaud's performance as successfully carrying a difficult film.[5]

Awards

At the Fantasia Film Festival, the film received a special citation from the Barry Convex Award jury.[6]

Screenwriters André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.[7]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Origami – Film de Patrick Demers". Films du Québec, April 17, 2018.
  2. Norman Wilner, "Cinefranco review: Origami". Now, October 3, 2018.
  3. Ismaël Houdassine, "Fantasia 2017, c’est du solide!". Huffington Post Québec, July 5, 2017.
  4. Normand Provencher, "Patrick Demers signe un thriller fantastique avec Origami". Le Soleil, April 19, 2018.
  5. André Duchesne, "Origami: à la recherche du temps perdu". La Presse, April 27, 2018.
  6. "Fantasia Festival 2017 awards celebrate the best in horror and other genre fare!". Rue Morgue, August 3, 2017.
  7. Yan Lauzon, "Nominations Gala Québec Cinéma: «1991» au sommet". Le Journal de Montréal, April 11, 2019.
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