Genesis (2018 Canadian film)

Genesis
	Genèse
Directed by	Philippe Lesage
Produced by	Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Written by	Philippe Lesage
Starring	Théodore Pellerin; Noée Abita; Pier-Luc Funk
Cinematography	Nicolas Canniccioni
Edited by	Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Production; company	Productions l'Unite Centrale
Release date	August 5, 2018 (Locarno);
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Genesis (French: Genèse) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Théodore Pellerin and Noée Abita as Guillaume and Charlotte, teenage half-siblings simultaneously struggling with romance; Charlotte is in a relationship with Maxime (Pier-Luc Funk), but is reeling from his proposal that they change to an open relationship, while Guillaume is a student at an all-boys boarding school who is developing a romantic and sexual attraction to his classmate Nicolas (Jules Roy Sicotte).[2]

The cast also includes Paul Ahmarani, Rose-Marie Perreault, Jean-Simon Leduc and Mylène Mackay. The film also includes a segment which shifts to focus on the story of Félix (Édouard Tremblay-Grenier), the lead character of Lesage's 2015 film The Demons (Les Démons).[3]

In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[4]

Genesis received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Lesage) and Best Supporting Actor (Ahmarani).[5] It also received five Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Film, Best Actor (Pellerin), Best Supporting Actor (Funk), Best Editing (Mathieu Bouchard-Malo) and Best Make-Up (Dominique T. Hasbani).[6]

References

"'Genesis': Locarno Review". Screen Daily, August 5, 2018.
"'Genesis' ('Genese'): Film Review | Locarno 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, August 28, 2018.
"Film Review: ‘Genesis’". Variety, August 8, 2018.
"TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
"Film Nominations" (Press release). Canadian Screen Awards. January 26, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.

External links

Genesis on IMDb

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[1] "'Genesis': Locarno Review". Screen Daily, August 5, 2018.

[2] "'Genesis' ('Genese'): Film Review | Locarno 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, August 28, 2018.

[3] "Film Review: ‘Genesis’". Variety, August 8, 2018.

[4] "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.

[5] "Film Nominations" (Press release). Canadian Screen Awards. January 26, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[Radio-6] "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.