Fabulous (film)

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Fabulous
Fabuleuses
Directed byMélanie Charbonneau
Written byMélanie Charbonneau
Geneviève Pettersen
Produced byNicole Robert
StarringNoémie O'Farrell
Juliette Gosselin
Mounia Zahzam
CinematographyAriel Methot-Bellemare
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Music byDavid Rancourt
Antoine Rochette
Production
company
Go Films
Distributed byTéléfiction
Release date
  • August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Fabulous (French: Fabuleuses) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Mélanie Charbonneau and released in 2019.[1] The film centres on Laurie (Noémie O'Farrell), Clara (Juliette Gosselin) and Élisabeth (Mounia Zahzam), three young female friends who document the ups and downs of their lives on social media.[2]

The characters originated in Les Stagiares, a web series Charbonneau created in the mid-2010s.[3] Charbonneau cowrote the screenplay with novelist Geneviève Pettersen.[3]

Accolades[edit]

The film won the Busan Bank Award at the 24th Busan International Film Festival.[4]

The film received five Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, including for Best Film.[5]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Busan International Film Festival 3–12 October 2019 Busan Bank Award Won [4]
Canadian Cinema Editors 2 October 2020 Best Editing in a Feature Film Isabelle Malenfant Nominated [6]
Prix Iris 10 June 2020 Best Film Nicole Robert Nominated [5]
Best Actress Noémie O'Farrell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Juliette Gosselin Nominated
Best Makeup Léonie Lévesque-Robert Nominated
Best Hairstyling Daniel Jacob Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (August 23, 2019). "Fabuleuses : devant et derrière l'iPhone". La Presse (in French).
  2. ^ Hunter, Allan (October 8, 2019). "'Fabulous': Busan Review". Screen Daily.
  3. ^ a b Delgado, Jérôme (August 17, 2019). ""Fabuleuses", ou l'amitié, au-delà du réseau social". Le Devoir (in French).
  4. ^ a b Duchesne, André (January 2, 2020). "Fabuleuses… en Asie !". La Presse (in French).
  5. ^ a b "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 23 April 2020.
  6. ^ Malyk, Lauren (8 April 2020). "Canadian Cinema Editors name 2020 nominees". Playback. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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