Miss Boots

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Miss Boots
French Mlle Bottine
Directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon
Written by Dominic James
Based on Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine)
Produced by Antonello Cozzolino
Dominic James
Brigitte Léveillé
Starring Antoine Bertrand
Marguerite Laurence
Marilyn Castonguay
Cinematography Marie Davignon
Edited by Carina Baccanale
Music by Ramachandra Borcar
Production
companies
Les Productions La Fête
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Distributed by Immina Films
Release date
  • September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)(Schlingel)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryCanada
Language Quebec French

Miss Boots (French : Mlle Bottine) is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon and released in 2024. [1] A modernized remake of the 1986 film Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine), the film stars Antoine Bertrand as Philippe, an opera composer who is entrusted with the care of his young niece Simone (Marguerite Laurence) after the death of her parents, and is shaken out of his crippling social anxiety by the need to take care of Simone and her pet skunk Bottine. [2]

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The cast also includes Marilyn Castonguay, Mani Soleymanlou, Mateo Laurent Membreño Daigle, Benoît Gouin, François Chénier, Ellen David, Jean-François Provençal, Myriam Fournier, Louise Turcot and Dino Tavarone.

The film did not precisely replicate the original film's screenplay, instead introducing new elements such as Philippe's struggle with anxiety replacing Jean-Claude's simple negligence in the original, and other efforts to present more fully rounded adult characters. [3]

Production and release

The film was shot in Montreal in fall 2023. [4]

It premiered at the Schlingel International Children's Film Festival in September 2024. [5] It subsequently had a gala screening on November 18, 2024, at Montreal's Théâtre Maisonneuve, [6] before opening commercially on November 29. [3]

Awards

At Schlingel, Laurence won the award for best children's performance, and the film won the Club of Festivals Children jury prize. [7]

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References

  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mlle Bottine – Film de Yan Lanouette Turgeon". Films du Québec, November 24, 2024.
  2. Maxime Demers, "Critique de «Mlle Bottine»: voici pourquoi ce film est un petit bijou". Le Journal de Montréal , November 28, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Véronique Larocque, "Un film qui va droit au cœur". La Presse , November 29, 2024.
  4. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Mlle Bottine begins production in Montreal". Playback , September 22, 2023.
  5. "Mlle Bottine présenté en première mondiale le 29 septembre". La Presse , September 10, 2024.
  6. "Soir de première en famille pour Mlle Bottine". La Presse , November 19, 2024.
  7. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mlle Bottine primé en Allemagne". Films du Québec, October 5, 2024.