The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)

Original title

La disparition des lucioles

Directed by

Sébastien Pilote

Genre

drama film, teen film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A restless teenager named Léo in her final year of high school befriends an older man named Steve. The two form a quiet connection as they navigate their own frustrations and longings.

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What happens

The Fireflies Are Gone (French: La disparition des lucioles) is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Sébastien Pilote. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film. The film centres on Léo (Karelle Tremblay), a restless teenager in her final year of high school who strikes up a friendship with Steve (Pierre-Luc Brillant), an older man. In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Overall Sound (Gilles Corbeil and Stéphane Bergeron) and Best Original Score (Philippe Brault). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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