| Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Lyne Charlebois |
| Producer: | Sylvie Lacoste Veronika Molnar Roger Frappier |
| Starring: | Alexandre Goyette Mylène Mackay |
| Music: | Robin-Joël Cool Alexis Martin Viviane Audet |
| Cinematography: | André Dufour |
| Editing: | Yvann Thibaudeau |
| Studio: | Max Films |
| Distributor: | Les Films Opale |
| Runtime: | 132 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (French: Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Lyne Charlebois and released in 2023.[1]
The film stars Alexandre Goyette as Marie-Victorin Kirouac, the Roman Catholic clergyman who was instrumental in the creation of the Montreal Botanical Garden, and Mylène Mackay as Marcelle Gauvreau, a young botany student with whom he had a longtime emotionally intimate but platonic friendship.[2]
The cast also includes Rachel Graton, Francis Ducharme, Sylvie Moreau, Marianne Farley and Vincent Graton.[3]
The film entered production in early 2023. It was shot principally in Montreal, although several days of location shooting were also undertaken in Cuba.[4]
Mackay previously played Gauvreau in André Forcier's 2019 film Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées), opposite Yves Jacques as Kirouac.[5]
The film premiered on November 2, 2023, as the closing film of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[1] It later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival.[6]
Commercial release is slated for June 2024.[7]
At Abitibi-Témiscamingue, it won the Grand Prix Hydro-Québec.[8]