| Ireland Blue Book | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Olivier Godin |
| Producer: | Amélie Tremblay Olivier Godin |
| Starring: | Emery Habwineza Florence Blain Mbaye Étienne Pilon Ève Duranceau |
| Cinematography: | Renaud Després-Larose |
| Editing: | Olivier Godin |
| Studio: | Palabres |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Ireland Blue Book (French: Irlande cahier bleu) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Olivier Godin and released in 2023.[1] The film stars Emery Habwineza as Ducarmel, a firefighter and basketball player who has fantastical dreams about being sent on an intergalactic mission in outer space when he falls asleep at night.[2]
The cast also includes Étienne Pilon, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Stéphane Crête, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Johanna Nutter, François-Simon Poirier, Charlotte Aubin, Rawam Sleiman, Philomène Lévesque-Rainville, Élia Dassi, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Suzanne Beth, Anne Lapierre, Josée Laviolette, Pierre Mailloux and Samer Najari in supporting roles.[3]
Ducarmel previously appeared, also played by Habwineza, as a minor supporting character in Godin's previous film There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier).[4]
The film premiered in July 2023 at the Fantasia International Film Festival,[5] where it was named the winner of the Camera Lucida award from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.[6]
It went into commercial distribution in September 2023.[2]