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Falcon Lake (film)

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Falcon Lake
Film poster
Directed byCharlotte Le Bon
Screenplay by
Based onUne sœur
by Bastien Vivès
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Nancy Grant
Starring
CinematographyKristof Brandl
Edited byJulie Lena
Music by
Production
companies
  • Cinefrance
  • Ley Line Entertainment
  • Sons of Manual
Distributed by
  • Sphere Films (Canada)
  • Tandem (France)
Release date
  • May 18, 2022 (2022-05-18) (Cannes)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • France
Languages
  • French
  • English
Box office$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 Une sœur [fr] 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]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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Critical response

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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]

Awards

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Deauville American Film Festival 2022 Prix d'Ornano-Valenti Falcon Lake Won
Vancouver International Film Festival 2022 Emerging Canadian Director Charlotte Le Bon Won [10]
Prix Louis-Delluc 2022 Best First Film Falcon Lake Won [11]
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois 2023 Best Film Falcon Lake Nominated [12]
César Awards February 24, 2023 Best First Feature Film Charlotte Le Bon Nominated [13]
Canadian Screen Awards April 16, 2023 Best Motion Picture Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant Nominated [14]
Best Director Charlotte Le Bon Nominated
Best Lead Performance in a Film Joseph Engel Nominated
Best Supporting Performance in a Film Sara Montpetit Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Charlotte Le Bon Nominated
John Dunning Best First Feature Award Charlotte Le Bon Won
Prix Iris December 10, 2023 Best Film Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Dany Boon, Jalil Lespert, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Jean-Luc Ormières Nominated [15]
Best Actress Sara Montpetit Nominated
Best Cinematography Kristof Brandl Nominated
Best Sound Stephen De Oliveira, Séverin Favriau, Stéphane Thiébaut Nominated
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 Won
Best First Film Charlotte Le Bon Won

References

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  1. ^ "L'immensità (2022)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "L'immensità (2022)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Le premier film de Charlotte Le Bon, Falcon Lake, sélectionné à Cannes". Ici Radio-Canada, April 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Marc-André Lussier, "Falcon Lake, de Charlotte Le Bon, sélectionné à Cannes". La Presse, April 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Marie-Catherine Goudreau, "Falcon Lake : Le premier long-métrage de Charlotte Le Bon". Journal Accès, August 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "The eco-friendly filming of Falcon Lake". On Tourne Vert / Rolling Green. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  7. ^ Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "FALCON LAKE". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  9. ^ "Falcon Lake Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  10. ^ Noel Ransome, "‘Riceboy Sleeps’ and ‘Until Branches Bend’ win top film prizes at VIFF". Toronto Star, October 7, 2022.
  11. ^ Fabien Lemercier, "Saint Omer and Pacifiction receive the Louis-Delluc prize ex-aequo". Cineuropa, 1 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  12. ^ Jean-Louis Bordeleau, "Le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois s’élargit et dévoile ses finalistes". Le Devoir, January 19, 2023.
  13. ^ Maxime Demers, "Falcon Lake: Charlotte Le Bon en lice pour un prix César". Le Journal de Montréal, January 25, 2023.
  14. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
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