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Who by Fire

Comme le feu

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Seventeen-year-old Jeff, an aspiring filmmaker, is invited by his friend Max and his family to stay in the isolated lodge belonging to Blake, an award-winning film director. As Jeff tries to navigate his awkward crush on his friend’s older sister, Aloicha, he witnesses the vicious, ego-driven, alcohol-fueled interactions between the renowned auteur and his former collaborator, Max’s screenwriter father, Albert. Surrounded by monumental mountains and shimmering lakes, the party veers between moments of elation and cruelty, unease and palpable danger.

Acclaimed Quebecois director Philippe Lesage (The Demons; Genesis) returns with a tense, mesmerizing tour de force that’s both agonizing and cathartic. Parallel, painful generational stories play out both in the seemingly infinite wilderness and across the dinner table; the slow burn of mounting dread punctuated with electrifying, deeply unsettling moments of feral intensity.

Director

Philippe Lesage

Cast

Noah Parker, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Arieh Worthalter, Paul Ahmarani, Sophie Desmarais, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada/France

Year

2024

Language

In French and English with English subtitles

Awards

Grand Prix: Generation 14plus, Berlin 2024

19+
162 min
Unité

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Monday December 23

7:00 pm
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Sunday December 29

1:00 pm
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Wednesday January 01

4:30 pm
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Thursday January 02

1:00 pm
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Credits

Producer

Galilé Marion-Gauvin

Screenwriter

Philippe Lesage

Cinematography

Balthazar Lab

Editor

Mathieu Bouchard-Malo

Production Design

Geneviève Huot

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