

Lightning Bugs in a Jar
Family is easy to leave but impossible to forget.
When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall upon the shoulders of the son's boyfriend to help heal old wounds.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- melancholy
- lgbt
- candid
- mother son relationship
- short film
- intimate
- intense
- gay couple
- powerful
- sympathetic
- boyfriend boyfriend relationship
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CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)18A19 May 2015
FranceFR
- Premiere19 May 2015
SwedenSE
- Theatrical (limited)1519 May 2015
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Lightning Bugs in a Jar was released on 19 May 2015.
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CinemaSerf
4/3/2024
Mother "Farrah" (Betsy Aidem) arrives at her old house to find son "Max" (Devin McDuffee) flagrante delicto with boyfriend "Ben" (Ethan Slater). She's not especially bothered about that, it's just that there are jobs to be done clearing out their former home, and it's soon quite clear that it's not just that that needs a good airing. This crams quite a lot of family tension into twenty minutes but sadly very little o…
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