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May 31, 2023 · Le Bon’s film is adapted from the 2017 graphic novel Une sœur by Bastien Vivès, who co-wrote the screenplay with the director and François Choquet. The author has said that work was inspired by his own teenage awkwardness, how he wished he had an elder sister figure to look up to while growing up––a connection linking the two central characters which is far knottier in this iteration.
May 22, 2022 · Festivals, News, Reviews. 21. “It’s apparently fun to drown,” says sixteen-year-old Chloé, the droll, moody teen at the heart of Charlotte Le Bon’s debut feature, “ Falcon Lake.”. It’s a pithy line that echoes Cecilia Lisbon’s response (“Obviously, Doctor, you’ve never been a thirteen-year-old girl”) when she’s asked ...
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Jun 20, 2023 · Most of Falcon Lake follows the usual coming-of-age story beats. But what makes this film stand out among the pack is Le Bon’s direction, cinematographer Brandl’s use of shadow, and Shahabi ...
- Mary Beth Mcandrews
Jun 4, 2022 · ‘Falcon Lake’ Review: A Weird, Wistful Coming-of-Age Debut That Is Equally Charming and Chilling Reviewed in Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight), May 22, 2022. Running time: 100 MIN.
May 22, 2022 · The end result is a delicate and ultimately touching evocation of first love’s intensity. Le Bon previously directed the Kafkaesque short Judith Hotel in 2018. Falcon Lake has a more familiar ...
The take. The gorgeous grain of Falcon Lake’s lush 16mm cinematography instantly gives it an air of nostalgia, as if the movie is an intimate reflection on a precious formative summer. That effect is confirmed over the film’s runtime: it takes place from the perspective of Bastien (Joseph Engel), a 13-year-old French boy whose family is ...
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Jun 27, 2023 · Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon makes her feature-length directorial debut in the melancholic coming-of-age film Falcon Lake. Billed as “a love and ghost story,” the film is loosely based on the 2017 graphic novel “Une Sœur (A Sister)” by French comic book artist Bastien Vivès.
