When Adam Changes (French: Adam change lentement, lit. "Adam Changes Slowly") is a Canadian animated comedy-drama feature film, directed by Joël Vaudreuil and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on Adam (Simon Lacroix), an impressionable teenager growing up in smalltown Quebec who has the unusual quirk that each time somebody makes a comment about his body, whether fair or unfair, his body actually changes to match the comment.
The voice cast also includes Noémie O'Farrell, Sophie Desmarais, Marc Beaupré, Isabelle Brouillette, Antoine Vézina, Julianne Côté, Fabien Cloutier, Alexis Lefebvre, Sophie Cadieux and Gaston Lepage.[2]
Distribution
An excerpt from the film was screened as a work in progress at the 2022 Sommets du cinéma d'animation.[3]
The completed film premiered at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[4] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival,[5] and screened in the Northern Lights program at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival and the national competition at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma.
The film was commercially released in June 2024.[6]
Awards
The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best First Film at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.[7]
References
- ^ Jamie Lang, "Check Out The Weird And Wonderful World Of Annecy Contrechamp Player ‘Adam Change Lentement’". Cartoon Brew, June 14, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Adam change lentement en salle le 7 juin". Films du Québec, May 8, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Lang, "Montreal’s Sommets Starts Today With Reformatted Canadian Animation Competition". Cartoon Brew, May 10, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Adam change lentement: première mondiale à Annecy". Films du Québec, May 12, 2023.
- ^ Mercedes Milligan, "OIAF Spotlights Seven Animated Features in Competition". Animation Magazine, July 10, 2023.
- ^ Silvia Galipeau, "La comédie adolescente revue, corrigée et illustrée". La Presse, June 7, 2024.
- ^ Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
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