Goddess of the Fireflies

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
FrenchLa déesse des mouches à feu
Directed byAnaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Produced byLuc Vandal
Written byCatherine Léger
Based onLa déesse des mouches à feu by Geneviève Pettersen
StarringKelly Depeault
Caroline Néron
Normand D'Amour
Music byMathieu Charbonneau
CinematographyJonathan Decoste
Edited byStéphane Lafleur
Production
company
Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distributed byEntract Films
Release date
  • February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlin)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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.

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.[3] It premiered commercially in Canada on September 25.[4]

References
  1. Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020.
  2. Jeremy Kay, "Generation 14plus entry ‘Goddess Of The Fireflies’ among WaZabi Films EFM slate". Screen Daily, January 22, 2020.
  3. "Le film «La déesse des mouches à feu» couronné au FCVQ". Le Journal de Québec, September 21, 2020.
  4. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sorties en salle août et septembre 2020". Films du Québec, July 31, 2020.
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