Goddess of the Fireflies (French: La déesse des mouches à feu) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and released in 2020.[1] An adaptation of the novel by Geneviève Pettersen,[2] the film centres on the coming of age of Catherine (Kelly Depeault), a teenage girl living in a small town in Quebec in the early 1990s.[1]
Goddess of the Fireflies | |
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French | La déesse des mouches à feu |
Directed by | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette |
Written by | Catherine Léger |
Based on | La déesse des mouches à feu by Geneviève Pettersen |
Produced by | Luc Vandal |
Starring | Kelly Depeault Caroline Néron Normand D'Amour |
Cinematography | Jonathan Decoste |
Edited by | Stéphane Lafleur |
Music by | Mathieu Charbonneau |
Production company | Coop Vidéo de Montréal |
Distributed by | Entract Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The cast includes Caroline Néron and Normand D'Amour as Catherine's parents, Éléonore Loiselle as her best friend Marie-Ève, and Robin L'Houmeau, Noah Parker, Antoine DesRochers and Marine Johnson as her classmates.
Kelly Depeault was 17-years-old at the time of filming this movie, where she has some nude and explicit sex scenes. While director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette admits that the shooting went smoothly, she also admits to having worked a lot with the actors during the sex scenes, the most delicate to stage, according to her.[3]
The film premiered in February 2020 at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation 14plus program.[1] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Quebec City Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.[4] It premiered commercially in Canada on September 25.[5]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Canadian Screen Awards | May 20, 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Catherine Léger | Nominated | [6] |
Best Art Direction/Production Design | André-Line Beauparlant | Nominated | |||
Best Stunt Coordination | Tyler Hall | Nominated | |||
Prix Iris | June 6, 2021 | Best Film | Luc Vandal | Won | [7][8] |
Best Director | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Normand D'Amour | Nominated | |||
Robin L'Houmeau | Nominated | ||||
Best Supporting Actress | Éléonore Loiselle | Nominated | |||
Caroline Néron | Won | ||||
Revelation of the Year | Kelly Depeault | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Catherine Léger | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Jonathan Decoste | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Stéphane Lafleur | Won | |||
Best Sound | Sylvain Bellemare, Paul Col, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Martyne Morin | Nominated | |||
Best Hair | Johanne Paiement | Won | |||
Best Makeup | Kathryn Casault | Nominated | |||
Best Casting | Murielle La Ferrière, Marie-Claude Robitaille | Won | |||
Public Prize | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Luc Vandal | Nominated | |||
Quebec City Film Festival | September 2020 | Grand Prix | Won | [4] | |
Prix Iris for Best Film | |
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