Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful

Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful
FrenchDis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles
Directed byLyne Charlebois
Written byLyne Charlebois
Produced bySylvie Lacoste
Veronika Molnar
Roger Frappier
StarringAlexandre Goyette
Mylène Mackay
CinematographyAndré Dufour
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music byViviane Audet
Robin-Joël Cool
Alexis Martin
Production
company
Max Films
Distributed byLes Films Opale
Release date
  • November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02) (FCIAT)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (French: Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Lyne Charlebois and released in 2023.[1]

The film stars Alexandre Goyette as Marie-Victorin Kirouac, the Roman Catholic clergyman who was instrumental in the creation of the Montreal Botanical Garden, and Mylène Mackay as Marcelle Gauvreau, a young botany student with whom he had a longtime emotionally intimate but platonic friendship.[2]

The cast also includes Rachel Graton, Francis Ducharme, Sylvie Moreau, Marianne Farley and Vincent Graton.[3]

  1. ^ Maxime Demers, "Le film «Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles» sera présenté en clôture du Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue". Le Journal de Montréal, September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Caroline Bertrand, "Marcelle Gauvreau et Marie-Victorin s’aimeront (chastement) à l’écran". Métro, February 17, 2023.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FCIAT 2023) Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles en clôture". Films du Québec, September 18, 2023.