Ireland Blue Book () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Olivier Godin and released in 2023.Martin Gignac, "Loin des règles établies". La Presse, September 8, 2023. The film stars Emery Habwineza as Ducarmel, a firefighter and basketball player who has fantastical dreams about being sent on an intergalactic mission in outer space when he falls asleep at night.Olivier Du Ruisseau, "«Irlande cahier bleu»: le basketball poétique d’Olivier Godin". Le Devoir, September 1, 2023.
The cast also includes Étienne Pilon, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Stéphane Crête, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Johanna Nutter, François-Simon Poirier, Charlotte Aubin, Rawam Sleiman, Philomène Lévesque-Rainville, Élia Dassi, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Suzanne Beth, Anne Lapierre, Josée Laviolette, Pierre Mailloux and Samer Najari in supporting roles.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Irlande cahier bleu – Film de Olivier Godin". Films du Québec, September 3, 2023.
Production Ducarmel previously appeared, also played by Habwineza, as a minor supporting character in Godin's previous film There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier).Jason Paré, "«Irlande cahier bleu»: onirisme et poésie ". Métro, July 27, 2023.
Distribution The film premiered in July 2023 at the Fantasia International Film Festival,Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Canadian films Irlande Cahier Bleu, Romi set for Fantasia". Playback, June 8, 2023. where it was named the winner of the Camera Lucida award from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.Erik Pedersen, "Fantasia Film Festival Awards: ‘Red Rooms’ Takes Best Feature & Two Others; ‘Femme’ A Double Winner – Full List". Deadline Hollywood, July 30, 2023.
It went into commercial distribution in September 2023.
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