Axia Films and Bravo Charlie are pleased to point out that as part of the release of the film PAULINE JULIEN: FEMME PAYS by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, the film team will meet the public and the media in September in several cities in the province. The director and the performers will stop in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke and Gatineau before the film opens in Quebec cinemas on September 25. In Montreal, the big premiere, organized in collaboration with the CINEMANIA film festival, will take place on September 21 at the Monument National.
An intimate portrait of the exceptional life of one of the most important artists and figures in Quebec history, co-written by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and Véronique Côté, PAULINE JULIEN: FEMME COUNTRY is brought to the screen by Suzanne Clément who plays Pauline Julien. Patrice Dubois plays Gérald Godin, writer and politician who shared his life for more than 30 years with the singer. The couple, passionate and united by an independence fervor, have largely contributed to the cultural heritage of Quebec. Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Steve Gagnon, Violette Chauveau, Mishka Madeleine Cloutier and Alfred Ruelland, among others, complete the cast of this cinematic tribute.
Pauline Julien, icon of Quebec song, fights for her words at the same time as her country fights for its own. Femme Pays goes through a life made of light, work, love and heartbreak. Pauline dances, Pauline loves, Pauline shouts, Pauline smokes, Pauline fucks, Pauline burns. Pauline lives. Pauline dies. What do we have left of her?
Fifth fiction feature film by director, author (La Femme qui fugit) and activist Anaïs Barbeau Lavalette, after the public and critical successes of The Ring (2007), Inch’Allah (2012), The Goddess of Fire Flies (2020) and White Dog (2022). PAULINE JULIEN: FEMME COUNTRY is the first collaboration between Anaïs Barbeau Lavalette and producer Étienne Hansez (Bravo Charlie). Jonathan Decoste is the photo director, Mathieu Lemay is responsible for the artistic design, Sophie Lefebvre is responsible for creating the costumes while Stéphane Lafleur acted as editor.
PAULINE JULIEN: FEMME COUNTRY was produced thanks to the support and collaboration of those around the Quebec icon and particularly her children, Pascale and Nicolas Galipeau.
Produced by Bravo Charlie (Étienne Hansez) with the financial support of SODEC and Telefilm Canada, PAULINE JULIEN: FEMME PAYS is distributed in Canada by Axia Films and will be released on September 25, 2026.