| Our Sisters-in-Law | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | René Richard Cyr |
| Producer: | Denise Robert |
| Based On: | Les Belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay |
| Starring: | Geneviève Schmidt Guylaine Tremblay Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Ariane Moffatt |
| Music: | Daniel Bélanger |
| Cinematography: | Yves Bélanger |
| Editing: | Arthur Tarnowski |
| Studio: | Cinémaginaire |
| Distributor: | TVA Films |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Our Sisters-in-Law (French: Nos belles-sœurs) is a Canadian musical comedy film, directed by René Richard Cyr and released in 2024.[1] Adapted from Michel Tremblay's influential stage play Les Belles-sœurs, the film stars Geneviève Schmidt as Germaine Lauzon, a 1960s housewife in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal district of Montreal who wins a million trading stamps in a sweepstakes; needing to paste them all into booklets to exchange for prizes, she invites many of her family and friends over for a "stamping party", only to face the petty jealousies of many of the participants.[2]
The supporting cast includes Guylaine Tremblay, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Ariane Moffatt, Debbie Lynch-White, Véronic DiCaire, Valérie Blais, Pierrette Robitaille, Diane Lavallée, Véronique Le Flaguais, Jeanne Bellefeuille, Benoît Brière, Maxime Le Flaguais, Yves Jacques, Guillaume Cyr, Mégane Proulx, Steve Laplante, Isabelle Blais and Charles-Aubey Houde.[2]
The film had a gala premiere on July 8, 2024,[3] before opening commercially on July 11.[4] It was an immediate hit, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for box office success in the Quebec market within one week of its release.[5]