The Demons (2015 film)

The Demons (French: Les Démons) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Philippe Lesage.[2]

The Demons
Film poster
Les Démons
Directed byPhilippe Lesage
Produced byPhilippe Lesage
Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Written byPhilippe Lesage
StarringÉdouard Tremblay-Grenier
Laurent Lucas
Pascale Bussières
Music byPye Corner Audio[1]
CinematographyNicolas Canniccioni
Edited byMathieu Bouchard-Malo
Production
companies
Les Films de l'Autre
Productions Unité centrale
Distributed byFunFilm Distribution Inc.
Release date
Running time
118 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Based in part on Lesage's own childhood, the film stars Édouard Tremblay-Grenier as Félix, a ten-year-old boy living with his family in a quiet suburb of Montreal who is prone to excessive worry.[3] As a series of child abductions begins to grip the town, however, his vague and needless fears begin to give way to something much more real.[4]

The film's cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Victoria Diamond, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet, Théodore Pellerin and Pier-Luc Funk.[3]

The film was shot in August/September 2014 in Montreal and vicinity.[1]

The film premiered in September 2015 at the San Sebastian Film Festival.[4] It was released in the province of Quebec (on 8 screens) on 30 October 2015.[1] In December, the film was announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.[5]

The film was nominated for the 2016 Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.[6]

Tremblay-Grenier reprised his role as Félix as a minor character in Lesage's 2018 film Genesis (Genèse).[7]

Awards and nominations
  • 2015: Critic Award (AQCC) for Best Film, International Competition, Festival of New Cinema, 2015
  • 2016: Canada's Top Ten, Toronto International Film Festival
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Film, Gala du Cinema Quebecois
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Director, Gala du Cinéma Québécois
  • 2016: Gilles-Carles Award for Best First or Second feature fiction film
  • 2016: Luc-Perreault Award / AQCC for Best Film from Quebec""
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Motion Picture, Canadian Screen Awards
  • 2016: Nomination for Best achievement in Directing, Canadian Screen Awards
  • 2016: Nomination for The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
  • 2016: Titanic Award for Best Film, International Competition, Budapest
  • 2016: Golden Gate New Director Prize, San Francisco International Film Festival

References
  1. "Démons, Les – Film de Philippe Lesage". Films du Québec. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. "Philippe Lesage explores his childhood fears in Les Démons". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2015.
  3. "'The Demons' ('Les Demons'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 30, 2015.
  4. "San Sebastian Film Review: ‘The Demons’". Variety, September 26, 2015.
  5. "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.
  6. "And the nominees are..." Göteborg Film Festival. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. "Film Review: ‘Genesis’". Variety, August 8, 2018.
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