Honey, I'm in Love

{{short description|2008 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Honey, I'm in Love

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Le Grand départ}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Claude Meunier

| producer = Daniel Louis
Denise Robert

| writer = Claude Meunier

| starring = Marc Messier
Guylaine Tremblay
Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc

| music = Michel Corriveau

| cinematography = Bruce Chun

| editing = Jean-François Bergeron

| studio = Cinémaginaire

| distributor = Alliance Vivafilm

| released = {{Film date|2008|10|18|CIFF}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Honey, I'm in Love ({{langx|fr|Le Grand départ}}) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Claude Meunier and released in 2008.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/grand-depart-claude-meunier/ "Grand départ, Le – Film de Claude Meunier"]. Films du Québec, January 9, 2009. The film stars Marc Messier as Jean-Paul Cardin, a successful surgeon who, following the breakup of his marriage to Céline Demers (Guylaine Tremblay), must juggle his commitments to his children and his new relationship with younger artist Nathalie (Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc).Isabelle Massé, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/plus-de-nouvelles/201207/17/01-4552323-le-grand-depart-lamour-qui-fait-mal.php "Le grand départ: l'amour qui fait mal"]. La Presse, December 13, 2008.

The film's cast also includes Patrick Drolet and Sophie Desmarais as Jean-Paul's children Guylain and Myriam, as well as Rémy Girard, Louis-José Houde, Catherine Trudeau and Cynthia Wu-Maheux in supporting roles.

Meunier wrote the screenplay in part based on his own experience following the breakdown of his first marriage."Meunier's personal touch". Montreal Gazette, December 15, 2008.

The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2008,[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2008/10/06/claude-meunier-presentera-le-grand-depart-a-chicago/ "Claude Meunier présentera Le Grand départ à Chicago"]. Voir, October 6, 2008. before opening commercially in December.

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009, for Best Actress (Tremblay) and Best Sound (Patrick Rousseau, Marie-Claude Gagne, Louis Gignac).[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/cinema/2009/02/17/001-jutra-nominations-2009.asp "L'année Babine"]. Société Radio-Canada, February 18, 2009.