Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion program in the fictional, remote town of St-Isidore-du-Coeur-de-Jésus, tucked away somewhere in Northern Quebec. The place is perfect for total immersion since, according to the most recent census, 99% of the population is comprised of pure laine Quebeckers for the most part unilingual French, fervently nationalist, and all, save one person, named Tremblay.
Acting
Karine Vanasse and Pascale Bussières bring genuine warmth to the Tremblay chaos.
Writing
Kevin Tierney's bilingual script weaponizes Canadian politeness beautifully.
Director
Kevin Tierney
Karine Vanasse
Julie Tremblay
Pascale Bussières
Sylvie Tremblay
Colm Feore
Pontifikator
Yves Jacques
Pierre-Émile
Oluniké Adeliyi
Aretha
Dorothée Berryman
Thérèse Tremblay
Jean-Guy Bouchard
Euclide Tremblay 'Papa'
Linda Bouchard
Bebette Tremblay, Strip Barmaid
Martha Burns
Cathy
Charles Champagne
Jean-Baptiste Tremblay, Altar Boy
Robert Charlebois
Senator Tremblay
Gavin Crawford
Bobby Sexton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film premiered during a fresh wave of Quebec sovereignty debates, making its gentle mockery of nationalist stereotypes feel almost dangerously timely for an Anglo production.
Director Kevin Tierney is father to Jacob Tierney (Letterkenny), making this basically the polite, bilingual ancestor to that show's aggressively Canadian chaos.
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