| Billie Blue | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Mariloup Wolfe |
| Producer: | Christian Larouche |
| Based On: | Cœur de slush by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne |
| Starring: | Liliane Skelly Joseph Delorey Camille Felton |
| Music: | Jean-Philippe Goncalves |
| Cinematography: | Simon-Pierre Gingras |
| Editing: | Cédric Coussy |
| Studio: | Christal Films |
| Distributor: | Les Films Opale |
| Runtime: | 116 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Billie Blue (French: Cœur de slush) is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Liliane Skelly as Billie, a teenager who is working in a summer job as a lifeguard at a water park; she develops a crush on Pierre (Joseph Delorey), a handsome cyclist, but finds herself in competition for Pierre's affections with her older sister Annette (Camille Felton).[2]
The cast also includes François Létourneau, Salma Serraji, Vivi-Anne Riel, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Gabriell Audet, Zakary Belharbi, Anthony Belsile, Lucson-Yves Claude, Elya Corbeil, Charles Fournier, Charles Kardos, Audrey Lamonde, Magalie Langrais, Alexis Lefebvre and Renaud Lefebvre in supporting roles.
The screenplay was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, as an adaptation of her own 2014 young adult novel.[2]
The film premiered on June 1, 2023, at the Zlín Film Festival in the Czech Republic,[3] before opening commercially in Quebec on June 15.
Beauchesne received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]