The Fireflies Are Gone () is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Sébastien Pilote. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film."TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People’s Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’". IndieWire, 16 September 2018.
The film centres on Léo (Karelle Tremblay), a restless teenager in her final year of high school who strikes up a friendship with Steve (Pierre-Luc Brillant), an older man."TIFF Review: 'The Fireflies Are Gone' Is a Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale In Small-Town Quebec". Exclaim!, 11 September 2018.
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list."TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, 5 December 2018. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Overall Sound (Gilles Corbeil and Stéphane Bergeron) and Best Original Score (Philippe Brault).
Cast Pierre-Luc Brillant Marie-France Marcotte François Papineau Luc Picard Karelle Tremblay
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