Blue Sky Jo (2024)

Original title

La petite et le vieux

Directed by

Patrice Sauvé

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

12

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl in a working-class Quebec City neighborhood forms an unexpected friendship with her elderly neighbor. The story follows their bond as they navigate the challenges of their different ages and backgrounds.

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What happens

Blue Sky Jo (French: La petite et le vieux, lit. "The Little Girl and the Old Man") is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Patrice Sauvé and released in 2024. Adapted from Marie-Renée Lavoie's 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, the film stars Juliette Bharucha as Jo-Hélène, a young girl in the blue-collar Limoilou neighbourhood of Quebec City who befriends her elderly neighbour Roger (Gildor Roy). The cast also includes Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Marilyn Castonguay as Jo-Hélène's parents, as well as Gabrielle B. Thuot, Mia Drolet, Élia St-Pierre, Denis Houle, Jack Robitaille, Amélie Bernard, Marie Michaud, Marie Bernier, Marie-Hélène Gendreau, Linda Laplante, Pierre-Yves Charbonneau, Sacha Lapointe, Amélie Pelletier, Jean-Philippe Côté, Ariane Bellavance-Fafard, Luc Bélanger-Morissette, Karl-Patrice Dupuis, Pierre-Luc Fontaine, Marguerite Bouchard, Andréanne Fortin and Charles Roberge in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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