Ville Neuve

Ville Neuve
Directed byFélix Dufour-Laperrière
Written byFélix Dufour-Laperrière
Based on"Chef's House" by Raymond Carver
Produced byGalilé Marion-Gauvin
StarringRobert Lalonde
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Théodore Pellerin
Gildor Roy
Paul Ahmarani
CinematographyFélix Dufour-Laperrière
Edited byFélix Dufour-Laperrière
Music byJean L'Appeau
Production
company
Productions l'Unite Centrale
Distributed byFunfilm Distribution
Release date
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07) (Venice)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Ville Neuve is a Canadian animated drama film, directed by Félix Dufour-Laperrière and released in 2018.[1] Using ink on paper animation, the film stars Robert Lalonde and Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Joseph and Emma, a divorced couple who reconnect during the 1995 Quebec referendum campaign.[2]

The cast also includes Théodore Pellerin, Gildor Roy and Paul Ahmarani.

The film's screenplay was adapted in part from Raymond Carver's short story "Chef's House".[3]

The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in September 2018,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[4] It went into general theatrical release in 2019.[5]