My Mother's Men


My Mother's Men is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anik Jean and released in 2023. The film stars Léane Labrèche-Dor as Elsie, a woman who is fulfilling her recently deceased mother Anne's wishes that a portion of her ashes be given to each of her ex-husbands.
The cast also includes Marc Messier, Patrick Huard, Benoît Gouin, Colm Feore, Jean-Simon Leduc, Isabel Richer, Sandrine Bisson, Louis-Georges Girard, Emma Lafrenière and Frank Marrs.
Jean, previously known as a musician, directed the film as her solo feature debut, and stated that she had connected with the script due to the recent death of her own father.

Distribution

The film premiered commercially on August 4, 2023; by August 21 it had made over $1 million at the provincial box office in Quebec. It also screened in the Industry Selects program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and received a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.