{{Short description|2023 Canadian comedy film}} {{Infobox film | name = Ireland Blue Book | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Irlande cahier bleu}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Olivier Godin | producer = Amélie Tremblay<br>Olivier Godin | writer = Olivier Godin | starring = Emery Habwineza<br>Florence Blain Mbaye<br>Étienne Pilon<br>Ève Duranceau | music = | cinematography = Renaud Després-Larose | editing = Olivier Godin | studio = Palabres | distributor = | runtime = 82 minutes | released = {{film date|2023|7|28|Fantasia}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''Ireland Blue Book''''' ({{langx|fr|Irlande cahier bleu}}) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Olivier Godin and released in 2023.<ref>Martin Gignac, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2023-09-08/irlande-cahier-bleu/loin-des-regles-etablies.php "Loin des règles établies"]. ''La Presse'', September 8, 2023.</ref> The film stars Emery Habwineza as Ducarmel, a firefighter and basketball player who has fantastical dreams about being sent on an intergalactic mission in outer space when he falls asleep at night.<ref name=devoir>Olivier Du Ruisseau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/797227/cinema-irlande-cahier-bleu-le-basketball-poetique-d-olivier-godin? "«Irlande cahier bleu»: le basketball poétique d’Olivier Godin"]. ''Le Devoir'', September 1, 2023.</ref>
The cast also includes Étienne Pilon, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Stéphane Crête, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Johanna Nutter, François-Simon Poirier, Charlotte Aubin, Rawam Sleiman, Philomène Lévesque-Rainville, Élia Dassi, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Suzanne Beth, Anne Lapierre, Josée Laviolette, Pierre Mailloux and Samer Najari in supporting roles.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/irlande-cahier-bleu-olivier-godin/ "Irlande cahier bleu – Film de Olivier Godin"]. ''Films du Québec'', September 3, 2023.</ref>
==Production== Ducarmel previously appeared, also played by Habwineza, as a minor supporting character in Godin's previous film ''There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier)''.<ref>Jason Paré, [https://journalmetro.com/culture/ecrans/3131740/irlande-cahier-bleu-onirisme-et-poesie/ "«Irlande cahier bleu»: onirisme et poésie "]. ''Métro'', July 27, 2023.</ref>
==Distribution== The film premiered in July 2023 at the Fantasia International Film Festival,<ref>Taimur Sikander Mirza, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/06/08/canadian-films-irlande-cahier-bleu-romi-set-for-fantasia/ "Canadian films Irlande Cahier Bleu, Romi set for Fantasia"]. ''Playback'', June 8, 2023.</ref> where it was named the winner of the Camera Lucida award from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.<ref>Erik Pedersen, [https://deadline.com/2023/07/fantasia-film-festival-awards-2023-winners-list-1235451136/ "Fantasia Film Festival Awards: ‘Red Rooms’ Takes Best Feature & Two Others; ‘Femme’ A Double Winner – Full List"]. ''Deadline Hollywood'', July 30, 2023.</ref>
It went into commercial distribution in September 2023.<ref name=devoir/>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|28230567}}
Category:2023 films Category:2023 comedy films Category:Canadian comedy films Category:Canadian basketball films Category:Quebec films Category:Films set in Quebec Category:Films shot in Quebec Category:Black Canadian films Category:2023 French-language films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2023 Canadian films
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