Miss Boots

Miss Boots (French: Mlle Bottine) is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon and released in 2024.^[1] A modernized remake of the 1986 film Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine), the film stars Antoine Bertrand as Philippe, an opera composer who is entrusted with the care of his young niece Simone (Marguerite Laurence) after the death of her parents, and is shaken out of his crippling social anxiety by the need to take care of Simone and her pet skunk Bottine.^[2]

Miss Boots
French	Mlle Bottine
Directed by	Yan Lanouette Turgeon
Written by	Dominic James
Based on	Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine)
Produced by	Antonello Cozzolino Dominic James Brigitte Léveillé
Starring	Antoine Bertrand Marguerite Laurence Marilyn Castonguay
Cinematography	Marie Davignon
Edited by	Carina Baccanale
Music by	Ramachandra Borcar
Production companies	Les Productions La Fête Attraction Images
Distributed by	Immina Films
Release date	September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) (Schlingel)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Quebec French

The cast also includes Marilyn Castonguay, Mani Soleymanlou, Mateo Laurent Membreño Daigle, Benoît Gouin, François Chénier, Ellen David, Jean-François Provençal, Myriam Fournier, Louise Turcot and Dino Tavarone.

The film did not precisely replicate the original film's screenplay, instead introducing new elements such as Philippe's struggle with anxiety replacing Jean-Claude's simple negligence in the original, and other efforts to present more fully rounded adult characters.^[3]

Production and release

The film was shot in Montreal in fall 2023.^[4]

It premiered at the Schlingel International Children's Film Festival in September 2024.^[5] It subsequently had a gala screening on November 18, 2024, at Montreal's Théâtre Maisonneuve,^[6] before opening commercially on November 29.^[3]

Awards

At Schlingel, Laurence won the award for best children's performance, and the film won the Club of Festivals Children jury prize.^[7]