| Falcon Lake | |
| Director: | Charlotte Le Bon |
| Producer: | Sylvain Corbeil Nancy Grant |
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| Based On: | Une sœur by Bastien Vivès |
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| Cinematography: | Kristof Brandl |
| Editing: | Julie Lena |
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| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
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| Gross: | $138,879[1] [2] |
Falcon Lake is a 2022 coming-of-age drama film, directed and co-written by Charlotte Le Bon.[3] Adapted from the graphic novel by Bastien Vivès, the film stars Joseph Engel as Bastien, a 13-year-old boy from Paris, France, on a family vacation in Quebec, where he meets and develops a relationship with Chloé (Sara Montpetit), the 16-year-old daughter of his mother's friend Louise (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman).[4]
The cast also includes Monia Chokri as Bastien's mother Violette, as well as Jeff Roop, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, and Thomas Laperrière in supporting roles.
The film was shot in mid-2021 in and around Gore, Quebec[5] during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The film debuted in the Director's Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2022.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[7]
Shy 13-year-old Bastien and his family are staying at a friend's lake cottage in Quebec, where Bastien meets the bold 16-year-old Chloé. She is a fan of folklore and local legends and tells Bastien a ghost is haunting the nearby lake. The two teens quickly bond.
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Falcon Lake holds an approval rating of 94% based on 48 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Moody, sensitive, and subtly layered, Falcon Lake captures the intoxicating horror of young love."[8]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
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| 2022 | Prix d'Ornano-Valenti | Falcon Lake | |||
| 2022 | Emerging Canadian Director | Charlotte Le Bon | [10] | ||
| 2022 | Best First Film | Falcon Lake | [11] | ||
| 2023 | Best Film | Falcon Lake | [12] | ||
| Charlotte Le Bon | [13] | ||||
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| Charlotte Le Bon | |||||
| Joseph Engel | |||||
| Sara Montpetit | |||||
| Charlotte Le Bon | |||||
| Charlotte Le Bon | |||||
| Prix Iris | December 10, 2023 | Best Film | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Dany Boon, Jalil Lespert, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Jean-Luc Ormières | [15] | |
| Best Actress | Sara Montpetit | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Kristof Brandl | ||||
| Best Sound | Stephen De Oliveira, Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut | ||||
| Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Dany Boon, Jalil Lespert, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Jean-Luc Ormières, Charlotte Le Bon, Ariane Giroux-Dallaire | ||||
| Best First Film | Charlotte Le Bon |