Falcon Lake (film)

Shy 13-year-old Bastien and his family are staying at a friend's lake cottage in Quebec, where Bastien meets the bold 16-year-old Chloé. She is a fan of folklore and local legends and tells Bastien a ghost is haunting the nearby lake. The two teenagers quickly bond. ==Cast==

• Joseph Engel as Bastien • Sara Montpetit as Chloé • Monia Chokri as Violette • as Romain • Karine Gonthier-Hyndman as Louise • Anthony Therrien as Oliver • as Stan ==Production and release==

The film was shot in mid-2021 in and around Gore, Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film debuted in the Director's Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2022. ==Critical response==

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Falcon Lake holds an approval rating of 94% based on 48 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Moody, sensitive, and subtly layered, Falcon Lake captures the intoxicating horror of young love." However, online magazine Slant commented that "the inadvertent effect of the brooding, almost overbearing gloom that shrouds Falcon Lake is that it manages to sap the life out of its initially carefree depiction of young people’s emotional lives". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ==Awards==