Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (2023)

Original title

Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles

Directed by

Lyne Charlebois

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clergyman who helped create the Montreal Botanical Garden forms a deep platonic bond with a young botany student. The film follows their emotionally close friendship over many years.

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What happens

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. 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. The cast also includes Rachel Graton, Francis Ducharme, Sylvie Moreau, Marianne Farley and Vincent Graton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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