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  • 2023
  • Yellow Veil Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2023
  • Yellow Veil Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
Falcon Lake

Summary Bastien (Joseph Engel) and Chloé (Sara Montpetit) spend their summer vacation with their families at a lake cabin in Quebec, haunted by a ghost legend. Despite the age gap between them, the two teenagers form a singular bond. Ready to overcome his worst fears to earn a place in Chloé's heart, the holiday becomes a turbulent pivotal momen...

Written By: Charlotte Le Bon, François Choquet, Bastien Vives

  • 2023
  • Yellow Veil Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2023
  • Yellow Veil Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Falcon Lake

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
8.0
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Summary Bastien (Joseph Engel) and Chloé (Sara Montpetit) spend their summer vacation with their families at a lake cabin in Quebec, haunted by a ghost legend. Despite the age gap between them, the two teenagers form a singular bond. Ready to overcome his worst fears to earn a place in Chloé's heart, the holiday becomes a turbulent pivotal momen...

Written By: Charlotte Le Bon, François Choquet, Bastien Vives

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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91
Jun 6, 2023
It’s truly astounding that Falcon Lake is the work of a first-time feature director. Le Bon demonstrates a masterful understanding of shot composition and pacing that allows her to craft a haunting vibe without turning it into a gimmick.
By Christian Zilko FULL REVIEW
90
May 3, 2023
Coming-of-age movies are usually, like growing up itself, some combination of funny, sad, rueful, awkward or frightening, but rarely are they so successfully all those things at once as in Falcon Lake.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
83
May 31, 2023
Above all else, Le Bon’s debut showcases a playful spirit behind the camera: one eager to blend opposing genres, to find something authentically heartfelt beneath the tropes and gothic artifice. It’s a small Lake that I hope makes a big splash.
By Alistair Ryder FULL REVIEW
80
May 3, 2023
The end result is a delicate and ultimately touching evocation of first love’s intensity.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
75
May 3, 2023
This is a controlled and impressive debut from Le Bon that hints at talent to come and offers a warm, if not always unique, approach to the growing pains of young love.
By Caitlin Quinlan FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 1, 2023
Death and desire swirl around the film’s charged atmosphere, though Le Bon has trouble meaningfully bringing out these elements in the narrative itself, hastily throwing in ambiguities in the last act to create a weightier sense of drama. The effect falls flat.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
50
May 28, 2023
The inadvertent effect of the oppressive, almost overbearing gloom that shrouds Falcon Lake is that it manages to sap the life out of its initially carefree depiction of young people’s emotional lives.
By Wes Greene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cinéfrance Studios, Metafilms, OnzeCinq, Canal+, Les Productions du Ch'timi, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Téléfilm Canada, Eurimages, Crédit d'Impôt pour la Production Cinématographique ou Magnétoscopique Canadienne, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Cinémage 14, Ciné+, Radio Canada, Super Ecran, Ley Line Entertainment
Release Date Jun 2, 2023
Duration 1 h 40 m
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Website https://lebonlebon.com/films/
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Americana Film Fest
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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