Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations

Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations (French: Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations) is a Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Julie Hivon and released in 2001.[1] The film centres on Suzie (Isabelle Brouillette), an aimless woman in her mid-20s with a dead-end job and little success in her love life, whose efforts to help her apparently abused young neighbour Jérémi (Louis-Philippe Dury) lead her to confront what she wants out of life, including the real reasons why she is always comparing her boyfriends to her childhood friend Samuel (Danny Gilmore).[2]

Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations
FrenchCrème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations
Directed byJulie Hivon
Produced byMarcel Giroux
Julie Hivon
Written byJulie Hivon
StarringIsabelle Brouillette
Danny Gilmore
Louis-Philippe Dury
Music byMartin Allard
Stéphane Bergeron
CinematographyClaudine Sauvé
Edited byNathalie Lamoureux
Production
company
GPA Films
Les Films de L'Autre
Distributed byCinéma Libre
Release date
  • August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23) (MWFF)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Jacynthe René as Suzie and Samuel's friend Judith, France Castel and Serge Thériault as Suzie's parents Nicole and Renaud, and Dorothée Berryman as Samuel's mother Micheline, as well as Normand D'Amour, Martin Desgagné, Geneviève Bilodeau and Pierre Lebeau in supporting roles.

The film premiered on August 24, 2001 at the Montreal World Film Festival, before opening commercially on August 31.

Castel received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002.[3]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations – Film de Julie Hivon". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009.
  2. Ken Eisner, "Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations". Variety, January 4, 2002.
  3. "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002.
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