The Fireflies Are Gone (La Disparition des lucioles) (NR)

synopsis

Summer is near and classes are coming to an end in an old industrial town on the edge of a bay. In this place, which is both a dead-end and a gateway to the world, Léo, a resourceful but unhappy girl of seventeen, meets Steve, an older man and reclusive guitarist. Leo lives with her mother and father-in-law, the populist radio show host who pushed the father she admires into exile after his union was disbanded. Frustrated and angry, it is through her relationship with Steve, set to the rhythm of their guitar lessons and her new summer job, that she'll be able to find some kind of comfort and ultimately take flight.