Young Juliette

Young Juliette
Film poster
FrenchJeune Juliette
Directed byAnne Émond
Written byAnne Émond
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
StarringAlexane Jamieson
Léanne Désilets
Myriam Leblanc
Robin Aubert
Antoine DesRochers
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byAlexandre Leblanc
Music byVincent Roberge
Production
company
Metafilms
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Young Juliette (French: Jeune Juliette) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Anne Émond and released in 2019.[1] A semi-autobiographical coming of age story inspired by Émond's own teenage experiences, the film stars Alexane Jamieson as Juliette, an overweight and unpopular young girl who is bullied at her high school but learns how to fight back with her wit.[2]

The film also stars Myriam Leblanc and Robin Aubert as Juliette's parents; Christophe Levac as her older brother Pierre-Luc; Léanne Désilets as her friend Léanne; Antoine DesRochers as her brother's best friend Liam, on whom Juliette has a romantic crush; Gabriel Beaudet as Arnaud, a classmate with Asperger syndrome whom Juliette defends from similar bullying; and Karl Farah and Stéphane Crête as teachers at her school.[3]

The film opened in theatres on August 9, 2019.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dunlevy, T'cha (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette a different kind of Quebec coming-of-age comedy". Montreal Gazette.
  2. ^ Lussier, Marc-André (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: inattendu et remarquable". La Presse.
  3. ^ Moreault, Éric (August 9, 2019). "Jeune Juliette: La vie ne vire pas toujours au drame". Le Soleil.