KVIFF 2018: 'The Fireflies Are Gone' is Fresh Coming-of-Age Cinema

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Every year we get a big batch of new coming-of-age films, but only a few of them really stand out. This is one of the very best of the coming-of-age films from 2018, a lovely dramatic feature Quebec. The Fireflies Are Gone, originally titled La disparition des lucioles in French, is the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sébastien Pilote and it’s wonderful. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel or anything, but it is a very fresh, funny, heartwarming take on today’s youth growing up without a desire to conform to their parents’ desires for a perfect career-focused life. This is one of those particularly outstanding indie films that is so enjoyable and exciting that it put a spring in my step. The moment it finishes up, I was grinning ear-to-ear and suddenly happy about the world and just wanted to get out and dance. I really love when films have this kind of effect. ›››

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