APRIL 15, 2026
CINEPLEX SCOTIABANK – 259 Richmond St. West – Toronto
ORIGINAL VERSION IN FRENCH – ENGLISH SUBTITLES
FREE ADMISSION – info@cinefranco.com
NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY
CINÉFRANCO, IN PARTHERSHIP WITH REEL CANADA invite you to celebrate the National Canadian Film Day with the film Mille Secrets mille dangers [Lovely Day] at 1PM/ 13h
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
LOVELY DAY - MILLE SECRETS MILLE DANGERS
By PHILIPPE FALARDEAU in attendance
An adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Alain Farah
Filmmaker
Philippe Falardeau
When ?
See you on April 15, 2026, at 1:00 PM
Place ?
Cineplex Scotiabank – 259 Richmond St. West, Toronto
Free admission – tickets to book
Free admission – Book your tickets
Reservations by email at: info@cinefranco.com
Limited seating
Synopsis :
Alain a Lebanese Canadian Quebecer, is inching toward emotional collapse on the day of his wedding to Virginie. As the vows draw near, the groom’s anxiety, old wounds, and the chaos of a reunion between his divorced parents push Alain to the brink.…
A wedding, a thousand memories: in a single day condensed like a dizzy spell, Philippe Falardeau adapts Alain Farah’s excellent novel with humor and sincerity. Mille secrets mille dangers captivates with its imperfect yet endearing characters and confirms the sensitive eye of a filmmaker who above all films the heart.
Alain marries Virginie in the crypt of the Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal Oratory. It looks like it will be the happiest day of his life – of their life. Everyone is there, the parents of the bride, the great friend, the parents of the narrator – Lebanese from Egypt who immigrated to Quebec thirty years ago, divorced for twenty, who have not spoken to each other for ten. But, as the celebration approaches, Alain is worse than ever. Insomnia is back, anxiety and illness too.
“Lovely Day” is a wedding movie that feels both familiar and refreshingly unconventional. On the surface, it presents the usual trappings of nuptial chaos (a nervous groom, eccentric family members, and a less-than-reliable best man). But what makes the film feel different is the way it uses this well-worn template to explore the complexities of memory, identity, and anxiety, while maintaining humor and warmth.
