Philippe Lesage

Jeff, 17, is secretly in love with Alyosha. They both admire the mysterious Blake, an old friend of the girl’s father, who invites them to spend a few days at his hunting lodge in the heart of Canada’s far north. There, in the wilderness, the two teenagers come face to face with a world of childish adults, ready to burst into flames. After Genèse, Philippe Lesage continues his romantic evocation of teenage torments and emotions by confronting them with the cruel and vain world of adults, played by Arieh Worthalter in a new role worthy of him after his César award for Le Procès Goldman.Read More »

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.Read More »

A young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.

A daring, exquisite study of agitated child psychology that marks Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage as a name to watch.

Fevered imagination and nightmarish reality brush shoulders to disconcerting effect in “The Demons,” Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage’s extraordinary examination of childhood fears festering in broad suburban daylight. Putting his documentary training to disciplined use as he teases out the largely internalized insecurities — sexual, social and practical — of his 10-year-old protagonist.Read More »