The Fireflies Are Gone

[Machine Translation] Every day was boring but dazzling, and you were looking at the future in a daze.... This is your story, where you know the boredom and glare of youth. This is a diary of a summer of bubbling youth that brings back the (sparkle) and (pain) of those days. Up-and-coming director Sebastien Billot and young actress Karel Tremblay! A collaboration of new Canadian talents! --Leonie is a 17-year-old girl living in a seaside town in Quebec, Canada. She is about to graduate from high school in a month, but is somewhat frustrated with her life. She wants to get out of her boring town, but she doesn't know what she wants to do. She doesn't like her nagging mother, but hates her mother's remarriage even more. The only person Leonie can count on is her father, who lives far away from her. One day, Leonie meets Steve, an older musician, at a diner in town. Leonie is intrigued by Steve's somewhat out-of-town vibe and decides to take guitar lessons from him... Winner of the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival's "Gemstone Award" and the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival's "Best Canadian Feature Film Award", this is the first feature-length film by a Canadian filmmaker.

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毎日が退屈だけどまぶしくて、ぼんやりと未来を眺めていた・・・。これは、青春の退屈さとまぶしさを知る、あなたの物語。あの頃の〈きらめき〉と〈痛み〉がよみがえる、ひと夏の泡沫青春ダイアリー。新鋭セバスチャン・ビロット監督×若手女優カレル・トレンブレイ! カナダの新たな才能によるコラボレーション! ――カナダ・ケベックの海辺の街で暮らす17歳の少女、レオニー。高校卒業を一ヶ月後に控えながら、どこかイライラした毎日を送っていた。退屈な街を飛び出したくて仕方ないけれど、自分が何をしたいかわからない。口うるさい母親も気に入らないが、それ以上に母親の再婚相手のことが大嫌い。レオニーが唯一、頼りにしているのは離れて暮らす実の父親だけだった。そんなある日、レオニーは街のダイナーで年上のミュージシャン、スティーヴと出会う。どこか街になじまない雰囲気を纏うスティーブに興味を持ったレオニーは、なんとなく彼にギターを習うことに・・・。2018年東京国際映画祭《ジェムストーン賞》受賞、2018年トロント国際映画祭《最優秀カナダ長編映画賞》受賞。

映像特典(約2分): 予告編