Goddess of the Fireflies

Goddess of the Fireflies (French: La déesse des mouches à feu) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and released in 2020.[1] An adaptation of the novel by Geneviève Pettersen,[2] the film centres on the coming of age of Catherine (Kelly Dépeault), a teenage girl living in a small town in Quebec in the early 1990s.[1]

Goddess of the Fireflies
Film poster
French	La déesse des mouches à feu
Directed by	Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Written by	Catherine Léger
Based on	La déesse des mouches à feu by Geneviève Pettersen
Produced by	Luc Vandal
Starring	Kelly Dépeault Caroline Néron Normand D'Amour
Cinematography	Jonathan Decoste
Edited by	Stéphane Lafleur
Music by	Mathieu Charbonneau
Production company	Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distributed by	Entract Films
Release date	February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlin)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The cast includes Caroline Néron and Normand D'Amour as Catherine's parents, Éléonore Loiselle as her best friend Marie-Ève, and Robin L'Houmeau, Noah Parker, Antoine DesRochers and Marine Johnson as her classmates.

The film premiered in February 2020 at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation 14plus program.[1] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Quebec City Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.[3] It premiered commercially in Canada on September 25.[4]