La disparition des lucioles (The Fireflies are Gone)
Feeling stifled by the confines of her small town, Leo (Karelle Tremblay) is reluctant to celebrate her 18th birthday, which brings her closer to an adulthood she doesn’t want to confront. Tired of her family nagging her about her future, she rebels against them by striking up a friendship with Steve (Pierre-Luc Brilliant), her much older guitar teacher who still lives in his mother’s basement. She is fascinated by both his musical ability and lack of ambitions to do anything else, which stands in stark contrast from everyone else in her life.
A quiet and poignant exploration of small-town life, this third film from acclaimed Quebecois director Sébastien Pilote claimed the prize for Best Canadian Film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Director
Sébastien Pilote
Writer
Sébastien Pilote
Cast
Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brillant, François Papineau
Producer
Sébastien Pilote
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Language Versions
EN CC, FR CC
Canadian Distributor
Les Films Seville