When Adam Changes (French: Adam change lentement, lit. "Adam Changes Slowly") is a Canadian animated comedy-drama feature film, directed by Joël Vaudreuil and released in 2023.[1] The film centres on Adam (Simon Lacroix), an impressionable teenager growing up in smalltown Quebec who has the unusual quirk that each time somebody makes a comment about his body, whether fair or unfair, his body actually changes to match the comment.

When Adam Changes
FrenchAdam change lentement
Directed byJoël Vaudreuil
Written byJoël Vaudreuil
Produced byDavid Pierrat
Olivier Picard
StarringSimon Lacroix
Edited byJoël Vaudreuil
Music byJoël Vaudreuil
Animation byNicolas Moussette
Hristo Karastoyanov
Production
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Parce Que Films
Release date
  • June 12, 2023 (2023-06-12) (Annecy)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The voice cast also includes Noémie O'Farrell, Sophie Desmarais, Marc Beaupré, Isabelle Brouillette, Antoine Vézina, Julianne Côté, Fabien Cloutier, Alexis Lefebvre, Sophie Cadieux and Gaston Lepage.[2]

Distribution

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An excerpt from the film was screened as a work in progress at the 2022 Sommets du cinéma d'animation.[3]

The completed film premiered at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[4] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival,[5] and screened in the Northern Lights program at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival and the national competition at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma.

The film was commercially released in June 2024.[6]

Awards

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The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best First Film at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024.[7]

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