The Demons (2015 film)

The Demons
	Film poster
	Les Démons
Directed by	Philippe Lesage
Produced by	Philippe Lesage; Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Written by	Philippe Lesage
Starring	Édouard Tremblay-Grenier; Laurent Lucas; Pascale Bussières
Music by	Pye Corner Audio[1]
Cinematography	Nicolas Canniccioni
Edited by	Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Production; companies	Les Films de l'Autre; Productions Unité centrale
Distributed by	FunFilm Distribution Inc.
Release date	September 25, 2015 (San Sebastian);
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Demons (French: Les Démons) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Philippe Lesage.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

The film's cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Victoria Diamond, Vassili Schneider, Sarah Mottet, Théodore Pellerin and Pier-Luc Funk.[3]

The film was shot in August/September 2014 in Montreal and vicinity.[1]

The film premiered in September 2015 at the San Sebastian Film Festival.[4] It was released in the province of Quebec (on 8 screens) on 30 October 2015.[1] 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.[5]

The film was nominated for the 2016 Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.[6]

Tremblay-Grenier reprised his role as Félix as a minor character in Lesage's 2018 film Genesis (Genèse).[7]

Awards and nominations

2015: Critic Award (AQCC) for Best Film, International Competition, Festival of New Cinema, 2015
2016: Canada's Top Ten, Toronto International Film Festival
2016: Nomination for Best Film, Gala du Cinema Quebecois
2016: Nomination for Best Director, Gala du Cinéma Québécois
2016: Gilles-Carles Award for Best First or Second feature fiction film
2016: Luc-Perreault Award / AQCC for Best Film from Quebec""
2016: Nomination for Best Motion Picture, Canadian Screen Awards
2016: Nomination for Best achievement in Directing, Canadian Screen Awards
2016: Nomination for The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award
2016: Titanic Award for Best Film, International Competition, Budapest
2016: Golden Gate New Director Prize, San Francisco International Film Festival

References

"Démons, Les – Film de Philippe Lesage". Films du Québec. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
"Philippe Lesage explores his childhood fears in Les Démons". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2015.
"'The Demons' ('Les Demons'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 30, 2015.
"San Sebastian Film Review: ‘The Demons’". Variety, September 26, 2015.
"TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.
"And the nominees are..." Göteborg Film Festival. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
"Film Review: ‘Genesis’". Variety, August 8, 2018.

External links

The Demons on IMDb

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[fq-1] "Démons, Les – Film de Philippe Lesage". Films du Québec. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[2] "Philippe Lesage explores his childhood fears in Les Démons". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2015.

[thr-3] "'The Demons' ('Les Demons'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 30, 2015.

[variety-4] "San Sebastian Film Review: ‘The Demons’". Variety, September 26, 2015.

[5] "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.

[6] "And the nominees are..." Göteborg Film Festival. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[7] "Film Review: ‘Genesis’". Variety, August 8, 2018.