Shooting Star | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Ariane Louis-Seize |
Producer: | Fanny Drew Sarah Mannering |
Starring: | Marguerite Bouchard Whitney Lafleur Patrick Hivon |
Music: | Pierre-Philippe Côté |
Cinematography: | Shawn Pavlin |
Editing: | Stéphane Lafleur |
Studio: | Colonelle Films |
Runtime: | 23 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Shooting Star (fr|Comme une comète) is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize.[1] The film stars Marguerite Bouchard as Chloé, a teenage girl travelling with her mother Nathalie (Whitney Lafleur) and her mother's boyfriend Christopher (Patrick Hivon) to observe shooting stars, only to begin developing a sexual and romantic attraction of her own to Christopher.[2]
The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was subsequently screened at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, where it won the Prix Télébec,[3] and at the Whistler Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork.[4]
The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[5]