Sisters and Neighbors! () is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by René Richard Cyr and released in 2024.Manon Dumais, "À la gloire des ménagères". La Presse, July 10, 2024. Adapted from Michel Tremblay's influential stage play Les Belles-sœurs, the film stars Geneviève Schmidt as Germaine Lauzon, a 1960s housewife in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal district of Montreal who wins a million trading stamps in a sweepstakes; needing to paste them all into booklets to exchange for prizes, she invites many of her family and friends over for a "stamping party", only to face the petty jealousies of many of the participants.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Nos belles-soeurs – Film de René Richard Cyr". Films du Québec, July 4, 2024.
The supporting cast includes Guylaine Tremblay, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Ariane Moffatt, Debbie Lynch-White, Véronic DiCaire, Valérie Blais, Pierrette Robitaille, Diane Lavallée, Véronique Le Flaguais, Jeanne Bellefeuille, Benoît Brière, Maxime Le Flaguais, Yves Jacques, Guillaume Cyr, Mégane Proulx, Steve Laplante, Isabelle Blais and Charles-Aubey Houde.
The film has also screened in some markets under the English release title Our Sisters-in-Law, but its English title is officially Sisters and Neighbors! per Telefilm Canada."Sisters and Neighbors!". Telefilm Canada.
The film had a gala premiere on July 8, 2024,Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, "«Nos belles-soeurs»: femmes, flamboyance et dignité". Le Devoir, July 8, 2024. before opening commercially on July 11.Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, "«Nos belles-soeurs»: le pouvoir du coeur, le pouvoir des femmes". Le Devoir, July 10, 2024. It was an immediate hit, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for box office success in the Quebec market within one week of its release."Le film «Nos belles-sœurs» dépasse le million $ au box-office". TVA Nouvelles, July 18, 2024.
Awards Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Prix Iris December 8, 2024 Best Costume Design Francesca Chamberland Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024. Best Original Music Daniel Bélanger Charles-Henri Ramond, "Gala Artisans 2024: les lauréats dévoilés". Films du Québec, December 5, 2024. Best Hairstyling Daniel Jacob Best Makeup Catherine Lavoie Best Visual Effects Marie-Claude Lafontaine, Jean-François Ferland, Sébastien Chartier Prix Michel-Côté Yoann Sauvageau, Denise Robert, René Richard Cyr "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024. Canadian Screen Awards May 31, 2025 Golden Screen Award Denise Robert Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback, May 31, 2025.
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