Synopsis
During a heat wave in Montreal Tom, 11 years old, meets Edith, also 11. He soon discovers that Edith carries a terrible secret. Tom eventually loses his innocence at the dawn of this first love, which becomes the symbol of his last summer.
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Music :
Devin Ashton-Beaucage
Sound designer :
Patrice LeBlanc, Sylvain Vary and Jean-Paul Vialard
Screenplay :
Paul-Claude Demers
Cast :
Christine Beaulieu, Émilie Bierre, Frédérick Bouffard and Antoine Marchand-Gagnon
Editing :
Alexandre Leblanc
Cinematographer :
Nicolas Canniccioni
Artistic direction :
Charlie Beaudoin
Direction
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Paul-Claude DemersClaude Demers directed his first feature, The Invention of Love in 2000, which was followed by a documentary trilogy: Barbers, a Men’s Story (2006), The Ladies in Blue (2009) and Where I’m from (2014). Poetic and human, his films had received awards and been selected in internationals festivals, such as Rotterdam, São Paulo, Palm Springs, La Rochelle, Vancouver, and Hot Docs.