The Demons (2015 film)
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91% Rotten Tomatoes Edited by Mathieu Bouchard-Malo Screenplay Philippe Lesage | 6.8/10 IMDb Directed by Philippe Lesage Music by Pye Corner Audio Initial release 25 September 2015 Cinematography Nicolas Canniccioni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Philippe LesageGalilé Marion-Gauvin Starring Édouard Tremblay-GrenierLaurent LucasPascale Bussières Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Direction Cast Édouard Tremblay‑Grenier, Pascale Bussières, Laurent Lucas, Victoria Diamond, Vassili Schneider Similar Eldorado, Ville‑Marie, The Kate Logan Aff, 3 Seasons, Henri Henri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Demons (French: Les Démons) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Philippe Lesage.
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Based in part on Lesage's own childhood, the film stars Édouard Tremblay-Grenier as Félix, a ten-year-old boy living with his family in a quiet suburb of Montreal who is prone to excessive worry. As a series of child abductions begins to grip the town, however, his vague and needless fears begin to give way to something much more real.
The film's cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Victoria Diamond, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet and Pier-Luc Funk.
The film was shot in August/September 2014 in Montreal and vicinity.
The film premiered in September 2015 at the San Sebastian Film Festival. It was released in the province of Quebec (on 8 screens) on 30 October 2015. In December, the film was announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.
The film was nominated for the 2016 Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.
The film was selected in Guy Lodge's Top Ten Films of 2015 in Variety, and in the Toronto International Film Festival Canada's Top Ten.
The Quebec Film Critic Association honoured the film with its two annual awards: Best Canadian film of 2015 and Best Film from the International Competition of the Montreal Film Festival of New Cinema.
In April 2016, Les Démons received the Breaking the Waves award for Best Film at the Titanic International Film Festival of Budapest.
In May 2016, Les Démons received the Golden Gate New Directors Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.