The Fall of Sparta (French: La chute de Sparte) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Tristan Dubois and released in 2018.[1] Adapted from the young adult novel by Sébastien "Biz" Fréchette,[2] the film stars Lévi Doré as Steeve Simard, a bookish and introverted teenager in Saint-Lambert, Quebec in his final year of high school.[3]

The Fall of Sparta
Film poster
La chute de Sparte
Directed byTristan Dubois
Written byTristan Dubois
Sébastien "Biz" Fréchette
Based onLa chute de Sparte by Sébastien "Biz" Fréchette
Produced byMarc Biron
Sonia Despars
StarringLévi Doré
Jonathan St-Arnaud
Éric K. Boulianne
CinematographyDaniel Villeneuve
Edited byHubert Hayaud
Music bySophie Lupien
Production
company
Parallaxes
Release dates
  • March 2018 (2018-03) (Cannes)
  • 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Dubois and Biz opted to cast the film in a color-blind way, choosing the best actor for each role regardless of whether they corresponded to their character's stated or presumed racial background in the original novel.[4]

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Fanny Vachon received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards. The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Hairstyling (André Duval), Revelation of the Year (Doré) and Best Casting (Nathalie Boutrie).[5]

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