A dead filmmaker resurrected for Christmas, three captains chasing one girl, and a watchless amnesiac—Québécois chaos ensues.
That winter in Montréal, there is a girl. Three captains are wooing her. Cinema killed Jean-Baptiste Lamirande, the disastrous Liberator, who comes back to life just before Christmas. Héloïse, an amnesiac actress who lost her watch, has been reported missing.
Writing
Dialogue so self-aware it nearly winks at you.
Direction
Godin's controlled chaos—deliberately messy, weirdly precise.
Director
Olivier Godin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'News, news' nods to the 17th-century French term 'nouvelles'—short fictional tales—positioning Godin in a deliberately archaic literary tradition.
Olivier Godin shot this for pocket change in Montréal winter, proving Québécois indie cinema will literally resurrect dead directors before asking Hollywood for a dollar.
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