Comme le feu
Who by Fire

Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Noah Parker
Comme le feu | Who by Fire by Philippe Lesage
CAN, FRA 2024, Generation
© Balthazar Lab

Carlo Harrietha, Paul Ahmarani, Sophie Desmarais, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Noah Parker, Antoine Marc Marchand-Gagnon, Arieh Worthalter, Guillaume Laurin
Comme le feu | Who by Fire by Philippe Lesage
CAN, FRA 2024, Generation
© Balthazar Lab
With
- Noah Parker (Jeff)
- Aurélia Arandi-Longpré (Aliocha)
- Antoine Marchand-Gagnon (Max)
- Arieh Worthalter (Blake)
- Paul Ahmarani (Albert)
- Sophie Desmarais (Millie)
- Laurent Lucas (Eddy)
- Irène Jacob (Hélène)
Crew
Director | Philippe Lesage |
Screenplay | Philippe Lesage |
Cinematography | Balthazar Lab |
Editing | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Sound Design | Frédéric Cloutier |
Sound | Maxime Gavaudan |
Production Design | Geneviève Huot |
Producer | Galilé Marion-Gauvin |
Co-Producer | Thomas Ordonneau |
Co-Production | Shellac Marseilles |
World Sales
Produced by
Productions l’Unite Centrale

Arieh Worthalter, Sophie Desmarais, Paul Ahmarani, Noah Parker, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon
The actors at the premiere.
Comme le feu · Generation · Feb 18, 2024

Noah Parker, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon
The actors at the premiere.
Comme le feu · Generation · Feb 18, 2024

Noah Parker, Philippe Lesage, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré
The director (middle) with the protagonists of the film.
Comme le feu · Generation · Feb 18, 2024

Group Picture
The laureates: the Grand Prix of the International Jury in the Generation 14plus competition for the Best Film went to Comme le feu (bottom left), Maydegol (top left-hand corner) received a Special Mention. The Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film went to Cura sana (bottom right) and Kai Shi De Qiang (top right-hand corner) received a Special Mention from the Youth Jury Generation 14plus.
Maydegol · Kai Shi De Qiang · Comme le feu · Cura sana · Generation · Feb 23, 2024
Philippe Lesage

The director began his career in documentary and made The Heart That Beats, filmed in a hospital in Montreal shortly after he himself had surgery there. He then moved into fiction though a major part of his work is autobiographical. The Demons, which explores his troubled childhood, premiered at San Sebastian in 2015 and went on to screen at 50 further festivals. Genesis, about adolescence, premiered at Locarno in 2018 and was presented at over 70 festivals.
Filmography
2006 Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble? 2009 Comment savoir si les petits poissons sont heureux? 2010 Ce cœur qui bat (The Heart That Beats) 2012 Laylou 2015 Les démons (The Demons) 2016 Copenhague a Love Story 2018 Genèse (Genesis) 2024 Comme le feu (Who by Fire)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024