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Billie Blue (French: Cœur de slush) is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe and released in 2023. The film stars Liliane Skelly as Billie, a teenager who is working in a summer job as a lifeguard at a water park; she develops a crush on Pierre (Joseph Delorey), a handsome cyclist, but finds herself in competition for Pierre's affections with her older sister Annette (Camille Felton).

The cast also includes François Létourneau, Salma Serraji, Vivi-Anne Riel, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Gabriell Audet, Zakary Belharbi, Anthony Belsile, Lucson-Yves Claude, Elya Corbeil, Charles Fournier, Charles Kardos, Audrey Lamonde, Magalie Langrais, Alexis Lefebvre and Renaud Lefebvre in supporting roles.

The screenplay was written by Sarah-Maude Beauchesne, as an adaptation of her own 2014 young adult novel.

Distribution

The film premiered on June 1, 2023, at the Zlín Film Festival in the Czech Republic, before opening commercially in Quebec on June 15.

Awards

Beauchesne received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.

References

1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Coeur de slush – Film de Mariloup Wolfe". Films du Québec, June 11, 2023.
2. ^ Manon Dumais, "«Cœur de slush»: plonger en amour". Le Devoir, June 16, 2023.
3. Maxime Demers, "Le film Coeur de slush ouvrira le Festival de Zlín en République tchèque". Le Journal de Montréal, April 17, 2023.
4. "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.

External links

• Billie Blue at IMDb

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