Directed by Pascal Plante
Canada/Québec | 2017 | Fiction | 85 min | French w/English subtitles
Film Source: Les Films de Séville Awards / premier festivals: Best Canadian Film Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Berlinale Generation
Sponsor: Alliance française of the Lake Champlain Region
Fake Tattoos is a beautifully made coming-of-age film imbued with rare warmth that skillfully avoids the clichés of most young romance films. Pascal Plante’s debut feature spins an understated and slyly shifting tale of summertime love. What begins as a two-hander about a pair of young thrash-metal fans — who talk and flirt their way into bed and coupledom — eventually transforms into a more singular investigation of adolescent guilt and renewal. The script is warm and tender and the narrative is full of surprises. ~ OY