The 12 Tasks of Imelda
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| Directed by | Martin Villeneuve |
| Produced by | Benoit Beaulieu Martin Villeneuve |
| Written by | Martin Villeneuve |
| Starring | Martin Villeneuve Robert Lepage Ginette Reno Michel Barrette Anne-Marie Cadieux Antoine Bertrand Yves Jacques Lynda Beaulieu Marc-François Blondin |
| Music by | Benoît Charest |
| Cinematography | Benoit Beaulieu Richard Duquette Marianne Ploska |
| Edited by | Arthur Tarnowski |
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Imelda Films
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| Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The 12 Tasks of Imelda (French: Les 12 travaux d’Imelda) is a Canadian comedy-drama feature film, written, produced and directed by Martin Villeneuve and released in 2022.[1][2] Based on the last twelve years of Villeneuve’s paternal grandmother Mélenda “Imelda” Turcotte-Villeneuve's life, the movie stars the filmmaker as Imelda, an elderly widow on a quest to settle unresolved scores and finish out her bucket list as she approaches age 100.[3]
The film expands on a series of short films Villeneuve previously made starring the character.[4] Three chapters in the series — Imelda (2014), Imelda 2: le notaire (2020) and Imelda 3: Simone (2020) — were released as standalone short films, constituting the “Imelda Trilogy”;[5] several further short films featuring the character have been made but not yet released.[5]
Its cast also includes Robert Lepage, Ginette Reno, Michel Barrette, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Antoine Bertrand, Yves Jacques, Lynda Beaulieu and Marc-François Blondin.[6][7] Due to Martin Villeneuve’s difficulty in securing funding to produce the feature version, all of the cast and crew, who had already taken part in the short films, worked on the feature film as unpaid volunteers.[8][9]
The film premiered on September 9, 2022 at the Quebec City Film Festival,[10][11] before going into commercial release in 29 theaters across Quebec on October 28, 2022.[9] It was also screened at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival,[12] where Arthur Tarnowski won the award for Best Editing in a Borsos Competition film.[13]
References
- ↑ Jean Siag, "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : Étonnante comédie" La Presse, October 28, 2022.
- ↑ Olivier Du Ruisseau, "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : les souvenirs de la famille Villeneuve" Le Devoir, October 28, 2022.
- ↑ Jean Siag, "J’aime ma grand-mère" La Presse, October 21, 2022.
- ↑ Helen Faradji, "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : en famille !" Ici Radio-Canada, October 25, 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Martin Villeneuve incarne sa grand-mère dans Les 12 travaux d’Imelda" Ici Radio-Canada, October 14, 2022.
- ↑ The 12 Tasks of Imelda – Trivia page on IMDb
- ↑ THE 12 TASKS OF IMELDA Whistler Film Festival, November 2, 2022.
- ↑ Constance Cazzaniga, "Martin Villeneuve, boudé pour le financement, salué en festival" Journal Métro, December 10, 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cédric Bélanger, "Un film tourné bénévolement" Le Journal de Québec, September 9, 2022.
- ↑ Geneviève Bouchard, "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : Ode à une mémé malcommode" Le Soleil, December 9, 2022.
- ↑ Josée Bourassa, "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : un personnage à la fois détestable, irrésistible et attachant" Radio-Canada, October 27, 2022.
- ↑ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup" Pique Newsmagazine, November 2, 2022.
- ↑ Pat Mullen, "River, Coyote Top Whistler Film Festival Awards Winners" Point of View, December 4, 2022.
External links
- The 12 Tasks of Imelda at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- The 12 Tasks of Imelda – Trailer with English subtitles on Vimeo
- THE 12 TASKS OF IMELDA on BULB
- The 12 Tasks of Imelda on Maison 4:3 site
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