The Fireflies Are Gone

The Fireflies Are Gone
Film poster
French	La disparition des lucioles
Directed by	Sébastien Pilote
Written by	Sébastien Pilote
Produced by	Marc Daigle Bernadette Payeur
Starring	Pierre-Luc Brillant
Cinematography	Michel La Veaux
Edited by	Stéphane Lafleur
Music by	Philippe Brault
Production company	ACPAV
Distributed by	Les Films Séville
Release date	30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) (Karlovy Vary IFF)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Fireflies Are Gone (French: La disparition des lucioles) is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Sébastien Pilote.^[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,^[2] where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.^[3]

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.^[4]

In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.^[5] 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).

Cast

• Pierre-Luc Brillant
• Marie-France Marcotte
• François Papineau
• Luc Picard
• Karelle Tremblay

References

1. "The Fireflies Are Gone". The Film Stage. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
2. "TIFF Reveals Full Canadian Lineup, Including 19 New Films and Special Premiere Event of Rob Stewart's Final 'Sharkwater' Doc". IndieWire. August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
3. "TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People’s Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’". IndieWire, 16 September 2018.
4. "TIFF Review: 'The Fireflies Are Gone' Is a Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale In Small-Town Quebec". Exclaim!, 11 September 2018.
5. "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, 5 December 2018.

External links

• The Fireflies Are Gone at IMDb