| Goddess of the Fireflies | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette |
| Producer: | Luc Vandal |
| Based On: | La déesse des mouches à feu by Geneviève Pettersen |
| Starring: | Kelly Depeault Caroline Néron Normand D'Amour |
| Music: | Mathieu Charbonneau |
| Cinematography: | Jonathan Decoste |
| Editing: | Stéphane Lafleur |
| Studio: | Coop Vidéo de Montréal |
| Distributor: | Entract Films |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
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]
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.
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]
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]
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Screen Awards | May 20, 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Catherine Léger | [6] | |
| Best Art Direction/Production Design | André-Line Beauparlant | ||||
| Best Stunt Coordination | Tyler Hall | ||||
| Prix collégial du cinéma québécois | 2022 | Best Film | Goddess of the Fireflies | [7] | |
| Prix Iris | June 6, 2021 | Best Film | Luc Vandal | [8] [9] | |
| Best Director | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Normand D'Amour | ||||
| Robin L'Houmeau | |||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Éléonore Loiselle | ||||
| Caroline Néron | |||||
| Revelation of the Year | Kelly Depeault | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Catherine Léger | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Jonathan Decoste | ||||
| Best Editing | Stéphane Lafleur | ||||
| Best Sound | Sylvain Bellemare, Paul Col, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Martyne Morin | ||||
| Best Hair | Johanne Paiement | ||||
| Best Makeup | Kathryn Casault | ||||
| Best Casting | Murielle La Ferrière, Marie-Claude Robitaille | ||||
| Public Prize | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Luc Vandal, Catherine Léger | ||||
| Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Luc Vandal, Catherine Léger | ||||
| Quebec City Film Festival | September 2020 | Grand Prix | |||