Genesis (2018 Canadian film)

Genesis
FrenchGenèse
Directed byPhilippe Lesage
Written byPhilippe Lesage
Produced byGalilé Marion-Gauvin
StarringThéodore Pellerin
Noée Abita
Pier-Luc Funk
CinematographyNicolas Canniccioni
Edited byMathieu Bouchard-Malo
Production
company
Productions l'Unite Centrale
Release date
  • August 5, 2018 (2018-08-05) (Locarno)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Genesis (French: Genèse) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Théodore Pellerin and Noée Abita as Guillaume Bonnet and Charlotte, teenage half-siblings simultaneously struggling with romance; Charlotte is in a relationship with Maxime (Pier-Luc Funk), but is reeling from his proposal that they change to an open relationship, while Guillaume is a student at an all-boys boarding school who is developing a romantic and sexual attraction to his classmate Nicolas (Jules Roy Sicotte).[2]

The cast also includes Paul Ahmarani, Rose-Marie Perreault, Jean-Simon Leduc, Amaryllis Tremblay and Mylène Mackay. The film also includes a segment which shifts to focus on the story of Félix (Édouard Tremblay-Grenier), the lead character of Lesage's 2015 film The Demons (Les Démons).[3]

The film premiered at the Locarno Festival in the International Competition.