Falcon Lake

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Falcon Lake

Released Jun 2, 2023

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

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Critics Consensus

Moody, sensitive, and subtly layered, Falcon Lake captures the intoxicating horror of young love.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Charlotte Le Bon’s feature film debut Falcon Lake is an immersive, poetic deep dive into that strange, hazy time between childhood and adolescence

Jun 7, 2023

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I'm not sure the ending really works, but I like that [Charlotte Le Bon] has made this movie.

Jun 6, 2023

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Christian Zilko

indieWire

It becomes clear that we’re watching the best moments of a story that’s destined to end badly. Yet we keep watching, due in large part to the deeply human performances from Engel and Montpetit.

Rated: A-

Jun 5, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

This haunting coming-of-age film uses horror tropes to slowly unsettle the audience, building towards an ending that left me a bit shaken.

Feb 13, 2024

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Trevor Johnston

Radio Times

A knowing horror atmosphere brings freshness to an otherwise familiar rites-of-passage story, and the undertow of unease pays off in a multilayered finale

Rated: 4/5

Oct 16, 2023

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Santiago Alverú

Cinemanía (Spain)

A script replete with familiar places, common to other film. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/10

Sep 21, 2023

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We need more films like this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Brian K

On the surface, this is a fairly typically Canadian film: small and slow and located in Quebec cottage country during the summertime. However, this film is special, slowly capturing an building friendship and intimacy between a 16 year-old girl and a 13 year-old boy; sexual intimacy is secondary, as more powerful drives of self-discovery, wanting to find acceptance and love in the often intense social world of early teens. The perspective is particularly Quebecoise, but mostly universally Canadian (and North American, more generally) of short summers in cottage/lake country. The director might have erred too much on the brooding and ominous aspects of the lake and woods, but this film is otherwise very well written, filmed, and acted. In some ways this film is the Quebecois version of the similarly great Ontario-Canadian summer teen cottage movie, Sleeping Giant, but with a subtle but important supernatural element. Well worth seeing, and the subtitles are not cumbersome, as the dialogue is mostly light and slow. The ending is a surprise, and a bit of a downer, but works well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Catherine L

I was very disappointed and bored by this movie, the teenagers were irritating and the scenario opaque. Couldn't really get the horror story, and the ending is a bit cliché.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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R.C. C

Rarely do you find a movie that makes you feel the complete freedom you felt just before adulthood. What a Masterpiece! Exquisite.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Anthony P

Good movie to watch on a Friday night. Somewhat spooky but it is actually a coming-of-age flick that entertains. Great acting by the two young leads.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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Movie R

This movie had absolutely nothing to do with Stephan Michalak's 1967 encounter.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Charlotte Le Bon

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Joseph Engel

Bastien

Sara Montpetit

Chloé

Monia Chokri

Violette

Arthur Igual

Romain

Karine Gonthier-Hyndman

Louise

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Synopsis

A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

Director: Charlotte Le Bon
Producer: Sylvain Corbeil, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Nancy Grant
Screenwriter: Charlotte Le Bon, François Choquet
Distributor: Yellow Veil Pictures
Production Co: Ley Line Entertainment, Cinéfrance Studios, OnzeCinq, Metafilms, Les Productions du Ch'timi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2023
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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