Young Juliette

Young Juliette
Young Juliette
	Film poster
French	Jeune Juliette
Directed by	Anne Émond
Written by	Anne Émond
Produced by	Sylvain Corbeil
Starring	Alexane Jamieson; Léanne Désilets; Myriam Leblanc; Robin Aubert; Antoine DesRochers
Cinematography	Olivier Gossot
Edited by	Alexandre Leblanc
Music by	Vincent Roberge
Production; company	Metafilms
Distributed by	Maison 4:3
Release date	August 9, 2019;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Young Juliette (French: 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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b Dunlevy, T'cha (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette a different kind of Quebec coming-of-age comedy". Montreal Gazette.
^ Lussier, Marc-André (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: inattendu et remarquable". La Presse.
^ Moreault, Éric (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: La vie ne vire pas toujours au drame". Le Soleil.
^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

External links[edit]

Young Juliette at IMDb

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[dunlevy-1] Dunlevy, T'cha (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette a different kind of Quebec coming-of-age comedy". Montreal Gazette.

[2] Lussier, Marc-André (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: inattendu et remarquable". La Presse.

[3] Moreault, Éric (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: La vie ne vire pas toujours au drame". Le Soleil.

[4] "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[antigone-5] "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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