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The Fireflies Are Gone

La disparition des lucioles (The Fireflies Are Gone)

2018

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

Drama The sleepy town where Léo lives doesn’t offer her much chance of self-fulfilment. Extricating herself from her mother’s influence and her constricting environment isn’t easy for the frustrated young woman, yet happiness might be close at hand.

	Media	Author	Review
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"A neatly observed character portrait in a well-detailed small-town setting (...) This is a satisfying, slightly mournful seriocomedy that’s equal parts cynical, hopeful, and ambivalent."
		Demetrios Matheou Screendaily	"Karelle Tremblay handles the challenge, the nuances of the role and the constant screen time with aplomb"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"Pilote paints with a more expressionist brush than the one we’ve become accustomed to with the teen drama (...) Tremblay is undeniably compelling throughout"
		Alex Billington First Showing	"It is a very fresh, funny, heartwarming take on today's youth (...) This wonderful coming-of-age film deserves to go far"
		Norman Wilner Now Toronto	"It’s not a novel premise, but Pilote delivers the requisite insights and atmosphere in an engaging way, and his two leads are simply terrific"
		Sarah Melton Exclaim!	"A nuanced a coming-of-age tale (...) It creates space to understand Léo as a frustrated, lonely young woman"

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