Goddess of the Fireflies
2020 Canadian drama film
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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]
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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 |
Cast
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.
Production
Kelly Depeault was 17 years old at the time of filming the movie in which 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, which were the most delicate to stage according to her.[3]
Release
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]
