Charlotte Le Bon’s first feature film as a director is part of the Directors’ Fortnight selection, one of the two parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival. Falcon Lakeis a free adaptation ofA sistera graphic novel by Bastien Vivès, whose plot was transposed to Quebec by the actress, who co-wrote the screenplay with François Choquet.
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Starring Sara Montpetit, Joseph Engel, Monia Chokri and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Falcon Lake tells the story of Bastien, a 13-year-old teenager, who leaves Paris with his family for the calm of a chalet on the edge of a Quebec lake, where his mother, Violette, grew up. They move in with a long-time friend, Louise, and her 16-year-old daughter Chloe. Despite the three years that separate Bastien and Chloé, a singular connection is created between them and a strange carnal game sets in.
Already having a short film, Judith Hotelto his credit, the one who was revealed to French cinema thanks to roles in Asterix & Obelix: At the service of Her Majesty (Laurent Tirard) and Yves Saint Laurent (Jalil Lespert) wanted to shoot her first feature film at home, in Quebec. “I wanted a French family to come to Quebec because it’s much more destabilizing than in comics, where the characters spend the summer in Brittany. I wanted something a little hostile and I find that nature here in Quebec is sublime, lush and a bit disturbing all at the same time. So I try to film and create that,” she told The Press during the filming of the film in the Laurentians last summer.
It is to highlight that Falcon Lake will be in the running for the Caméra d’or, awarded by a separate jury to the best first feature presented at the Cannes Film Festival, all sections combined.
The 54and Directors’ Fortnight will be held from May 18 to 27.