The Guide to the Perfect Family | |
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Director: | Ricardo Trogi |
Producer: | Louis-Philippe Drolet Félize Frappier |
Starring: | Louis Morissette Catherine Chabot Émilie Bierre Isabelle Guérard |
Music: | Frédéric Bégin |
Cinematography: | Geneviève Perron |
Editing: | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Studio: | KO24 |
Distributor: | Les Films Opale Netflix |
Runtime: | 102 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
The Guide to the Perfect Family (French: Le Guide de la famille parfaite) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2021.[1] The film stars Louis Morissette and Catherine Chabot as Martin Dubois and Marie-Soleil Blouin, a married couple whose tendency toward helicopter parenting creates problems for Rose (Émilie Bierre), Louis's 16-year-old daughter from his prior marriage to Caroline (Isabelle Guérard).[2]
The film premiered theatrically in Quebec on July 14, 2021.[3] It has also been acquired for international distribution on Netflix.[4]
In its year-end review of Canadian film and television in 2021, the trade magazine Playback named it the Film of the Year.[5]