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 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 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

The 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

Critical response

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

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Deauville American Film Festival2022Prix d'Ornano-ValentiFalcon LakeWon
Vancouver International Film Festival2022Emerging Canadian DirectorCharlotte Le BonWon[10]
Prix Louis-Delluc2022Best First FilmFalcon LakeWon[11]
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois2023Best FilmFalcon LakeNominated[12]
César AwardsFebruary 24, 2023Best First Feature FilmCharlotte Le BonNominated[13]
Canadian Screen AwardsApril 16, 2023Best Motion PictureSylvain Corbeil, Nancy GrantNominated[14]
Best DirectorCharlotte Le BonNominated
Best Lead Performance in a FilmJoseph EngelNominated
Best Supporting Performance in a FilmSara MontpetitNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayCharlotte Le BonNominated
John Dunning Best First Feature AwardCharlotte Le BonWon
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

  1. ↑ "L'immensità (2022)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "L'immensità (2022)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "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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