Barbaracadabra

How it feels

An 80-something actress wants to make a film after a long delay. She works with a younger director and struggles with self-doubt and the shadow of her famous husband's career.

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What happens

Barbaracadabra is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Barbara Ulrich and Renaud Lessard and released in 2025. Described by media as a "cinematic unidentified flying object", the film centres on Ulrich's desire to direct a film, 60 years after her star-making role in the 1963 film The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac). It documents her friendship and collaboration with Lessard during the COVID-19 pandemic through her creative struggles with her fear of failure and her uncertainty about what kind of film she even wants to make, as she continually compares herself against the cinematic legacy of her late husband, film director Gilles Groulx. The film premiered in the national competition at the 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma, before going into commercial release in March 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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