Billie Blue

Billie Blue
FrenchCœur de slush
Directed byMariloup Wolfe
Written bySarah-Maude Beauchesne
Based onCœur de slush by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne
Produced byChristian Larouche
StarringLiliane Skelly
Joseph Delorey
Camille Felton
CinematographySimon-Pierre Gingras
Edited byCédric Coussy
Music byJean-Philippe Goncalves
Production
company
Distributed byLes Films Opale
Release date
  • June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01) (Zlín)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Billie Blue (French: Cœur de slush) is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Liliane Skelly as Billie, a teenager who is working in a summer job as a lifeguard at a water park; she develops a crush on Pierre (Joseph Delorey), a handsome cyclist, but finds herself in competition for Pierre's affections with her older sister Annette (Camille Felton).[2]

The cast also includes François Létourneau, Salma Serraji, Vivi-Anne Riel, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Gabriell Audet, Zakary Belharbi, Anthony Belsile, Lucson-Yves Claude, Elya Corbeil, Charles Fournier, Charles Kardos, Audrey Lamonde, Magalie Langrais, Alexis Lefebvre and Renaud Lefebvre in supporting roles.

The screenplay was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, as an adaptation of her own 2014 young adult novel.[2]

Distribution

The film premiered on June 1, 2023, at the Zlín Film Festival in the Czech Republic,[3] before opening commercially in Quebec on June 15.

Awards

Beauchesne received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Coeur de slush – Film de Mariloup Wolfe". Films du Québec, June 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Manon Dumais, "«Cœur de slush»: plonger en amour". Le Devoir, June 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Maxime Demers, "Le film Coeur de slush ouvrira le Festival de Zlín en République tchèque". Le Journal de Montréal, April 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.


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