Richelieu (2023 film)

 ( 2023 Films ) 

Richelieu ( (Québec), (France)), also released as Temporaries in some territories, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny and released in 2023.Naman Ramachandran, "Tribeca, Karlovy Vary, Fantasia Title ‘Temporaries’: Watch First Teaser for Migrant Worker Drama". Variety, May 31, 2023. The film stars Ariane Castellanos as Ariane, a woman who is hired as a Spanish-French translator at a food processing plant in Quebec that has a large staff of temporary from Guatemala, but becomes an ally and advocate for the workers as she realizes the need to defend them from abuse and exploitation by owner Stéphane (Marc-André Grondin).Pierre-Marc Durivage, "Le long métrage québécois Richelieu en compétition à Tribeca". La Presse, April 18, 2023.

The cast also includes Nelson Coronado, Micheline Bernard, Ève Duranceau, Luis Oliva, Gerardo Miranda, Antonio Ortega, Émile Schneider and Marc Beaupré. "Le film Rive-Sud actuellement en tournage". La Presse, September 17, 2021.

Chevigny's full-length directorial debut, the film entered production in 2021, under the working title Rive-Sud.Melanie Goodfellow, "Be For Films boards Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s migrant worker drama 'Rive Sud'". Screen Daily, October 20, 2021.

The film premiered on June 8, 2023, in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere in July at the Fantasia Film Festival, "« Richelieu » de Pier-Philippe Chevigny sera présenté à Fantasia". Lien Multimédia, May 12, 2023. and was commercially released in the fall.