Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake (2022)

First love will haunt you.

A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

Date of release
2022-10-14
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (140)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Mystery
Director
Charlotte Le Bon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Gore, Harrington, Lachute, Lost River, and Saint-Sauveur
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Falcon Lake is a 2022 coming-of-age drama film, directed and co-written by Charlotte Le Bon. 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, the 16-year-old daughter of his mother's friend Louise. 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.

Production and release

The film was shot in mid-2021 in and around Gore, Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film debuted in the Director's Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2022. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

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