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Blue Sky Jo (2024)

Blue Sky Jo poster
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
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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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