| The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches | |
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| Directed by | Simon Lavoie[3] |
| Screenplay by | Simon Lavoie |
| Based on | The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches by Gaétan Soucy |
| Produced by | Marcel Giroux |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Canniccioni |
| Edited by | Aube Foglia |
Production company | GPA Films[1] |
| Distributed by | Les Films Séville[1] |
Release dates | |
Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (French: La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Simon Lavoie and starring Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer and Jean-François Casabonne. Lavoie also wrote the screenplay. An adaptation of Gaétan Soucy's novel of the same name, the film centres on Alice Soissons (Marine Johnson), a girl raised to believe she is a boy, who lives in with her father and brother in oppressive and secluded conditions. When her father dies, she ventures into the village, where outsiders tell her she is female, and she fears the family home is now under threat.
The adaptation was filmed in Montreal, Quebec and the Laurentides and shot in black and white. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
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- ^ "Début du tournage du film La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes". Ici Radio-Canada. 9 August 2017.