The Fireflies Are Gone

It may be a familiar story, but Pilote makes it feel wonderfully fresh.

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Archive - Festival 34
Director: Sebastian Pilote
Canada 2018
96 minutes
French
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Summer comes to a sleepy industrial town and 17-year-old Léo is unhappy and frustrated. She despises her life with her mother and stepfather and is full of anger about a wrong done to her father. Things change when she forges an unlikely bond with a reclusive musician named Steve. Guitar lessons with Steve and a new summer job help Léo find comfort and begin to heal.

The new film from Sebastian Pilote (Le Demantelement, 2013 Haifa IFF) is a beautifully crafted tale of elusive happiness.

Director Sebastian Pilote
Production Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
Script Sebastian Pilote
Cinematography Michel La Veaux
Editing Stéphane Lafleu
Music Philippe Brault
Festivals Karlovy Vary
Actors Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brilliant, François Papineau, Luc Picard, Marie-France Marcotte
Source Seville International, Toronto