The Demons (2015 film)
The Demons | |
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Les Démons | |
Directed by | Philippe Lesage |
Produced by |
Philippe Lesage Galilé Marion-Gauvin |
Written by | Philippe Lesage |
Starring |
Édouard Tremblay-Grenier Laurent Lucas Pascale Bussières |
Music by | Pye Corner Audio[1] |
Cinematography | Nicolas Canniccioni |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Production companies |
Les Films de l'Autre Productions Unité centrale |
Distributed by | FunFilm Distribution Inc. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The Demons (French: Les Démons) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Philippe Lesage.[2]
Based in part on Lesage's own childhood, the film stars Édouard Tremblay-Grenier as Félix, a ten-year-old boy living with his family in a quiet suburb of Montreal who is prone to excessive worry.[3] As a series of child abductions begins to grip the town, however, his vague and needless fears begin to give way to something much more real.[4]
The film's cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Victoria Diamond, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet and Pier-Luc Funk.[3]
The film was shot in August/September 2014 in Montreal and vicinity.[1]
The film premiered in September 2015 at the San Sebastian Film Festival.[4] It was released in the province of Quebec (on 8 screens) on 30 October 2015.[1] In December, the film was announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.[5]
The film was nominated for the 2016 Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Démons, Les – Film de Philippe Lesage". Films du Québec. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "Philippe Lesage explores his childhood fears in Les Démons". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2015.
- 1 2 "'The Demons' ('Les Demons'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "San Sebastian Film Review: ‘The Demons’". Variety, September 26, 2015.
- ↑ "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.
- ↑ "And the nominees are...". Göteborg Film Festival. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.