Flashwood

{{short description|2020 Canadian drama film}} {{Infobox film | name = Flashwood | image = Flashwood.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Jean-Carl Boucher | producer = Jean-Carl Boucher<br>Nicole Robert | writer = Jean-Carl Boucher | starring = Pier-Luc Funk<br>Antoine Desrochers<br>Simon Pigeon | music = Pierre-Philippe Côté | cinematography = Steve Asselin<br>Louka Boutin | editing = Charles Grenier | studio = Sphere Media | distributor = Entract Films | runtime = 92 minutes | released = {{film date|2020|03|04|RVQC}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''Flashwood''''' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Carl Boucher and released in 2020.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/flashwood-jean-carl-boucher/ "Flashwood – Film de Jean-Carl Boucher"]. ''Films du Québec'', July 20, 2020.</ref> Shot over a period of seven years and inspired by Boucher's own childhood in the Montreal suburb of Boisbriand,<ref name=petillant>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/petillant-et-corse/segments/entrevue/190908/jean-carl-boucher-pier-luc-funk-film-flashwood-jeunesse "Flashwood, un film tissé d’histoires d’amitié"]. Ici Radio-Canada Première, July 30, 2020.</ref> the film centres on a group of teenage friends whose lives and relationships evolve as the years pass.<ref>{{ill|Marc-André Lussier|fr}}, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/entrevues/2020-07-31/flashwood-des-amis-un-film.php "Flashwood: des amis, un film"]. ''La Presse'', July 31, 2020.</ref>

The cast includes Pier-Luc Funk, Antoine Desrochers, Simon Pigeon, Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay, Laurent-Christophe de Ruelle, Karelle Tremblay, Martin Dubreuil, Sophie Nélisse, Mehdi Bousaidan, Martin Boily and Rose-Marie Perreault.<ref name=petillant/>

The film premiered on March 4, 2020 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2020-02-22/a-voir-aux-rendez-vous-quebec-cinema "À voir aux Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma"]. ''La Presse'', February 22, 2020.</ref> It premiered commercially on August 7.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/sorties-salle-aout-septembre-2020/ "Sorties en salle août et septembre 2020"]. ''Films du Québec'', July 31, 2020.</ref>

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Category:2020 films Category:2020 drama films Category:Canadian coming-of-age drama films Category:2020s coming-of-age drama films Category:Quebec films Category:Films shot in Quebec Category:Films set in Quebec Category:2020 French-language films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2020 Canadian films