Precocious newcomer Jasmin Mozaffari directs this bittersweet portrait of friendship and frustrated ambition, about a pair of Northern Ontario BFFs who dream of making it big in the city.
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Lou pumps gas at the local truck 'n' go, but dreams of
one day escaping with her BFF Chantal to “ blow up ” in the big city. Funny and brutally honest, Firecrackers
paints a picture of small-town life filled with truckstop
diners, deadbeat adults, and the teenagers who
hope to escape from both.
ALEX ROGALSKI