Synopse

24 hours in the life of a bridegroom: a warm, humorous and generous portrait of human overload from Philippe Falardeau. A fast-moving, brilliantly constructed film based on the autobiographical book by Montreal novelist Alain Farah. It’s supposed to be most wonderful day of his life, but Alain is in total chaos. His complete extended family is coming to his wedding in the St. Joseph Oratory in Montreal: above all his parents – Lebanese immigrants, who came to Quebec from Egypt 30 years previously, divorced 10 years later and who haven’t spoken in the last decade. The closer the date comes, the worse the young man feels. He can’t sleep, suffers stomach cramps – and when his panic attacks return, he reaches for his old medication. Cousin Édouard, Alain’s best man, who is like a brother to him, is no help. Quite the opposite: he was intending to drive the happy couple in an open-topped Mustang, but his thoughts are distracted by something else. And when suddenly a mysterious friend from the past turns up and reopens old wounds, even Alain’s minimum target – to survive the day somehow – is in jeopardy.

Regie

Born in Quebec, PHILIPPE FALARDEAU is one of the most innovative directors of Canada’s independent cinema. His full-length debut Congorama won the Prix Jutra in 2007 for Best Direction. His international breakthrough came with Monsieur Lazhar, which was nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film and shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG in 2012, followed in 2015 by Mein Praktikum in Kanada. Lovely Day is his seventh feature film.

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29.09.2025     13:00 Uhr

CinemaxX Dammtor - Saal 1

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Tags

• Humor
• Literature/Film adaptation
• Family and Relationship
• Generations
• identity
• French film