Shooting Star

Shooting Star

Directed by Ariane Louis-Seize

Genre Fiction
Country Canada
Year 2020
Length 23 min
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version Original French version, English subtitles

Synopsis

On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.

Themes

family relationships, human relationships, teenagers, love, mother-daughter relationships, sexualité

Biography

Ariane made her director debut with her short film WILD SKIN, which has travelled in more than 50 festivals and won numerous awards. In 2017, she directed LITTLES WAVES, which had its world premiere at TIFF and its international premiere at the Berlinale. Then, her latest short film THE DEPTHS was also world premiered at TIFF 2019. In addition to devoting herself to writing her first feature film, Ariane just finished her next short film SHOOTING STAR which will begins its festivals tour in 2020.



Cast

Chloé: Marguerite Bouchard
Mère: Whitney Lafleur
Chum: Patrick Hivon

Team

Production

Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering (Colonelle Films)

Script

Ariane Louis-Seize

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Shawn Pavlin

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Paskale Jobin

EDITING Stéphane Lafleur
Sound Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin-Gagnon, Simon Gervais, Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Music Pierre-Philippe «Pilou» Côté

Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival, Canada |2020| Official Competition