Genesis (2018 Canadian film)

Genesis (French: Genèse) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Philippe Lesage and released in 2018.

[1] The film stars Théodore Pellerin and Noée Abita as Guillaume Bonnet and Charlotte, teenage half-siblings simultaneously struggling with romance; Charlotte is in a relationship with Maxime (Pier-Luc Funk), but is reeling from his proposal that they change to an open relationship, while Guillaume is a student at an all-boys boarding school who is developing a romantic and sexual attraction to his classmate Nicolas (Jules Roy Sicotte).

[2] The cast also includes Paul Ahmarani, Rose-Marie Perreault, Jean-Simon Leduc, Amaryllis Tremblay and Mylène Mackay.

[5] Genesis received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Lesage) and Best Supporting Actor (Ahmarani).

[6] It also received five Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Film, Best Actor (Pellerin), Best Supporting Actor (Funk), Best Editing (Mathieu Bouchard-Malo) and Best Make-Up (Dominique T.