Thanks for Everything (2019 film)

Thanks for Everything
Film poster
FrenchMerci pour tout
Directed byLouise Archambault
Written byIsabelle Langlois
Produced byAndré Dupuy
StarringJulie Perreault
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Music byAlexis Dumais
Martin Léon
Production
company
Amalga Créations Médias
Distributed byLes Films Séville
Release date
  • December 25, 2019 (2019-12-25)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Thanks for Everything (French: Merci pour tout) is a 2019 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Louise Archambault.[1] Her second film to be released in 2019 following And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux),[2] the film stars Julie Perreault and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Christine and Marianne Cyr, two estranged sisters who reunite after the death of their father (Gilbert Sicotte), and embark on a road trip to the Magdalen Islands to scatter his ashes.[3]

The film's cast also includes Robin Aubert, Guy Nadon, Patrick Hivon, Jean-François Pichette, Aliocha Schneider and Sasha Migliarese.[2]

The film opened in theatres on December 25, 2019, and was the top-grossing Quebec film in its first week of release.[2] It was nominated for two awards at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, Best Supporting Actor for Aubert and the Public Prize.[4]

  1. ^ Lévesque, François (December 20, 2019). ""Merci pour tout": les soeurs (pas très) fâchées". Le Devoir (in French).
  2. ^ a b c Townsend, Kelly (January 8, 2020). "Merci pour tout earns $1 million in holiday box office". Playback.
  3. ^ Demers, Maxime (December 23, 2019). "Merci pour tout: un film divertissant". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
  4. ^ "Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris". The Huffington Post (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.