Origami (film)

2017 Canadian film

Origami

Directed by| Patrick Demers
Written by| André Gulluni
Claude Lalonde
Produced by| Cédric Bourdeau
Stéphane Tanguay
Starring| François Arnaud
Cinematography| Tobie Marier Robitaille
Edited by| Patrick Demers
Music by| Ramachandra Borcar

Production
company

Productions Kinesis

Distributed by| Filmoption

Release date

* July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) (Fantasia)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| Canada
Languages| French
Japanese

Origami is a Canadian science fiction thriller film, directed by Patrick Demers and released in 2017.[1] The film stars François Arnaud as David, a man struggling to make sense of whether his apparent ability to travel back and forth in time is the result of a psychotic break or a timeline that is genuinely folding in on itself.[2]

The film's cast also includes Nobuya Shimamoto, Max Laferriere, Stefanie Nakamura, Benoît Gouin, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Normand D'Amour, Patrick Forest, Tania Kontoyanni and Milton Tanaka.

The film premiered on July 18, 2017 at the Fantasia Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2018.[4]

## Critical response

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Norman Wilner of Now rated the film three N's, writing that "the charismatic Arnaud (Blindspot, The People Garden) does a fine job of holding the whole thing together, even as when it briefly flirts with turning into a bad remake of The Butterfly Effect."[2] André Duchesne of La Presse also praised Arnaud's performance as successfully carrying a difficult film.[5]

## Awards

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At the Fantasia Film Festival, the film received a special citation from the Barry Convex Award jury.[6]

Screenwriters André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Origami – Film de Patrick Demers". Films du Québec, April 17, 2018.
2. ^ a b Norman Wilner, "Cinefranco review: Origami". Now, October 3, 2018.
3. ^ Ismaël Houdassine, "Fantasia 2017, c’est du solide!". Huffington Post Québec, July 5, 2017.
4. ^ Normand Provencher, "Patrick Demers signe un thriller fantastique avec Origami". Le Soleil, April 19, 2018.
5. ^ André Duchesne, "Origami: à la recherche du temps perdu". La Presse, April 27, 2018.
6. ^ "Fantasia Festival 2017 awards celebrate the best in horror and other genre fare!". Rue Morgue, August 3, 2017.
7. ^ Yan Lauzon, "Nominations Gala Québec Cinéma: «1991» au sommet". Le Journal de Montréal, April 11, 2019.

## External links

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* Origami at IMDb

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