Jouliks

{{Infobox film

| name = Jouliks

| image = Jouliks poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Mariloup Wolfe

| producer = Annie Blais
Claude Veillet

| writer = Marie-Christine Lê-Huu

| starring = Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon
Jeanne Roux-Côté
Lilou Roy-Lanouette

| cinematography = Jonathan Decoste

| editing = Carina Baccanale
Cédric Coussy

| music = Jean-Philippe Goncalves

| released = {{Film date|2019|08|16|Biscarosse}}

| studio = Films Vision 4

| distributor = Téléfiction

| runtime = 114 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French
English

}}

Jouliks is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Mariloup Wolfe.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/jouliks-mariloup-wolfe/ "Jouliks – Film de Mariloup Wolfe"]. Films du Québec, October 30, 2019. An adaptation of the theatrical play by Marie-Christine Lê-Huu, the film centres on a bohemian couple, Zak (Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon) and Véra (Jeanne Roux-Côté), who are raising their shy but observant young daughter Yanna (Lilou Roy-Lanouette) as squatters in an abandoned house.{{ill|Marc-André Lussier|fr}}, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201910/31/01-5247797-jouliks-le-prix-de-la-liberte-.php "Jouliks : le prix de la liberté"]. La Presse, November 1, 2019.

The film faced some criticism from Roma activists, as the word "joulik", a Russian language word for "thug", has often been used as an ethnic slur against Roma people.Marc Cassivi, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/201910/28/01-5247376-jouliks-fait-polemique.php "Jouliks fait polémique"]. La Presse, October 29, 2019. Lê-Huu clarified that the play and film were not intended to be about Roma, but worked with the community to ensure that anything in the original play which could be perceived as reinforcing a stereotype of the Roma people was rewritten for clarity in the screenplay.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1367575/controverse-jouliks-marie-christine-le-huu "Jouliks n’est pas un film sur les Roms, selon la scénariste"]. Ici Radio-Canada, October 29, 2019.

The film had its premiere on October 16, 2019, at the Festival de cinéma québécois de Biscarrosse, followed by a gala screening on October 22 at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal,[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/10/22/amour-et-glamour-a-la-premiere-de-jouliks-de-mariloup-wolfe "Amour et glamour à la première de «Jouliks» de Mariloup Wolfe"]. Le Journal de Montréal, October 22, 2019. before opening commercially on November 1.