The Guide to the Perfect Family

2021 Canadian film

The Guide to the Perfect Family
Film poster

French	Le Guide de la famille parfaite

Directed by	Ricardo Trogi
Written by	François Avard Jean-François Léger Louis Morissette
Produced by	Louis-Philippe Drolet Félize Frappier
Starring	Louis Morissette Catherine Chabot Émilie Bierre Isabelle Guérard
Cinematography	Geneviève Perron
Edited by	Yvann Thibaudeau
Music by	Frédéric Bégin
Production company	KO24
Distributed by	Les Films Opale Netflix
Release date	July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Guide to the Perfect Family (French: Le Guide de la famille parfaite) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2021.^[1] The film stars Louis Morissette and Catherine Chabot as Martin Dubois and Marie-Soleil Blouin, a married couple whose tendency toward helicopter parenting creates problems for Rose (Émilie Bierre), Louis's 16-year-old daughter from his prior marriage to Caroline (Isabelle Guérard).^[2]

The film premiered theatrically in Quebec on July 14, 2021.^[3] It has also been acquired for international distribution on Netflix.^[4]

In its year-end review of Canadian film and television in 2021, the trade magazine Playback named it the Film of the Year.^[5]

References

^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Guide de la famille parfaite, Le – Film de Ricardo Trogi". Films du Québec, July 8, 2021.
^ Maxime Demers, "Le guide de la famille parfaite: Une satire mordante". Le Journal de Montréal, July 12, 2021.
^ André Duchesne, "En faire trop". La Presse, July 14, 2021.
^ Etan Vlessing, "Netflix Takes World Rights to Ricardo Trogi’s ‘Guide to the Perfect Family’". The Hollywood Reporter, February 18, 2021.
^ Mark Dillon, "Film of the Year: Le Guide de la famille parfaite". Playback, December 16, 2021.