Origami is a Canadian science fiction thriller film, directed by Patrick Demers and released in 2017.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Origami – Film de Patrick Demers". Films du Québec, April 17, 2018. The film stars François Arnaud as David, a man struggling to make sense of whether his apparent ability to travel back and forth in time is the result of a psychotic break or a timeline that is genuinely folding in on itself.Norman Wilner, "Cinefranco review: Origami". Now, October 3, 2018.
The film's cast also includes Nobuya Shimamoto, Max Laferriere, Stefanie Nakamura, Benoît Gouin, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Normand D'Amour, Patrick Forest, Tania Kontoyanni and Milton Tanaka.
The film premiered on July 18, 2017 at the Fantasia Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2018.Normand Provencher, "Patrick Demers signe un thriller fantastique avec Origami". Le Soleil, April 19, 2018.
Critical response Norman Wilner of Now rated the film three N's, writing that "the charismatic Arnaud (Blindspot, The People Garden) does a fine job of holding the whole thing together, even as when it briefly flirts with turning into a bad remake of The Butterfly Effect." André Duchesne of La Presse also praised Arnaud's performance as successfully carrying a difficult film.André Duchesne, "Origami: à la recherche du temps perdu". La Presse, April 27, 2018.
Awards At the Fantasia Film Festival, the film received a special citation from the Barry Convex Award jury."Fantasia Festival 2017 awards celebrate the best in horror and other genre fare!". Rue Morgue, August 3, 2017.
Screenwriters André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.Yan Lauzon, "Nominations Gala Québec Cinéma: «1991» au sommet". Le Journal de Montréal, April 11, 2019.
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