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The Fireflies Are Gone

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A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small, industrial town to find out who she really is.

Critics Reviews

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Peter Howell Toronto Star 07/09/2019
3.5/4
A rebel without a chord finds music in unexpected places in The Fireflies Are Gone, Sébastien Pilote's affecting character study. Go to Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail 07/04/2019
3/4
Pilote's work will strike a chord with anyone interested in the mechanics of the human condition. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety 09/27/2018
This is a satisfying, slightly mournful seriocomedy that's equal parts cynical, hopeful, and ambivalent. Go to Full Review Ricardo Gallegos Pólvora 07/07/2020
A very simple, but engaging film thanks to the authenticity of the main character. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row 08/21/2019
Sébastien Pilote's third feature is a buoyant, colourful, and often very funny coming-of-age story about a clever and cynical teenager. Go to Full Review Pat Mullen That Shelf 07/05/2019
Pilote does for Quebec what the Dardennes do for Belgian cinema with this finely observed portrait of working class life. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Antoine D 05/01/2024 Excellent film! Décor nostalgique de région québecoise, un "feel good movie" See more 03/05/2022 Very classy and tight introspective of the machinations and problems of life. Top class and well cast. I love a movie where you want to reach into the TV and shake someone, See more 07/18/2021 Beguiling heroine, but when, oh when, will the French learn to actually tell a story, rather than just ramble endlessly through mundane parochial lives which lead nowhere. Tedious in the extreme. See more 04/04/2020 The movie lacked soul and felt disingenuous. The characters were like, 'cardboard', and the plot line was flat. It was hard to buy into the relationships formed. The colour palette of cream, yellow, red, and green was overtly overplayed, lacking delicate subtlety of fine art. Overall, it seemed like a failed homage to French cinema. See more 09/06/2019 Sencilla, directa, dura. Gran papel de Karelle Tremblay en este rol de adolescente desadaptada que empieza a buscar su lugar en este planeta. See more 11/07/2018 Want to watch this in cinemas so badly. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Sébastien Pilote

Director

Pierre-Luc Brillant

Actor

Marie-France Marcotte

Actor

François Papineau

Actor

Luc Picard

Actor

Karelle Tremblay

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Movie Info

Synopsis A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small, industrial town to find out who she really is.
Director
Sébastien Pilote
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Box Office (Gross USA)
$225.8K
Runtime
1h 36m