The Fireflies Are Gone

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

much ado about cinema
  • 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