Stars: Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier, Joey Starr, Laurent Stocker, Birol Ünel, Lizzie Brocheré, Samy Seghir, Dominique Bettenfeld, Adel Bencherif, Catalina Denis, Pom Klementieff, Vincent Bersoulle, Olivier Massart | Written by Frédéric Jardin, Nicolas Saada, Olivier Douyère | Directed by Frédéric Jardin
A cop’s secret life is threatened to be exposed when he and his partner are seen stealing drugs from a powerful drug dealer. When his son is kidnapped and the drug dealer demands the return of what was stolen, the cop must figure out how to get the drugs into the right hands, protect his son and keep his secret from the other police officers who are on his tail. It looks as if it is going to be a long, sleepless night.
Sleepless Night shows us that French people can be badass too. Others have compared this film to Die Hard, which is understandable as there are many similarities.
A cop’s secret life is threatened to be exposed when he and his partner are seen stealing drugs from a powerful drug dealer. When his son is kidnapped and the drug dealer demands the return of what was stolen, the cop must figure out how to get the drugs into the right hands, protect his son and keep his secret from the other police officers who are on his tail. It looks as if it is going to be a long, sleepless night.
Sleepless Night shows us that French people can be badass too. Others have compared this film to Die Hard, which is understandable as there are many similarities.
- 1/7/2015
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
Yves Caumon's study of a woman's disintegrating life unspools calmly and gently
French film-maker Yves Caumon has co-written and directed a delicate, sad study of loneliness. It stars Sandrine Kiberlain as Anne, who works in a food preparation facility in Bordeaux, something less grand than a restaurant kitchen, apparently supplying meals in bulk to office cafeterias. Kiberlain, with her distinctive intelligence, angular elegance and willowy height, confers on Anne a haughty and unhappy reserve. She is on her own; her ex-partner has started a new family with someone else, and tragedy lies behind their split. Raphael (Clément Sibony) is a handsome, conceited chef who is hitting on her at work, but Anne's sole romantic spark comes at the cinema, finding a connection with a total stranger in the next row, Claude (Serge Riaboukine), who like her is crying at Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu. But what disturbs Anne most is...
French film-maker Yves Caumon has co-written and directed a delicate, sad study of loneliness. It stars Sandrine Kiberlain as Anne, who works in a food preparation facility in Bordeaux, something less grand than a restaurant kitchen, apparently supplying meals in bulk to office cafeterias. Kiberlain, with her distinctive intelligence, angular elegance and willowy height, confers on Anne a haughty and unhappy reserve. She is on her own; her ex-partner has started a new family with someone else, and tragedy lies behind their split. Raphael (Clément Sibony) is a handsome, conceited chef who is hitting on her at work, but Anne's sole romantic spark comes at the cinema, finding a connection with a total stranger in the next row, Claude (Serge Riaboukine), who like her is crying at Mizoguchi's Life of Oharu. But what disturbs Anne most is...
- 8/16/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Chicago – “Sleepless Night” is a relentless thriller about corrupt cops, a kidnapping, a very bad drug deal, and a French nightclub filled with innocent bystanders. The majority of this accomplished action flick takes place in one location on one crazy night and the result is a more intense, visceral experience than a vast majority of the Hollywood blockbusters you could see this Summer movie season.
A corrupt cop named Vincent steals a bag filled with cocaine from a dangerous crime lord in the opening scene of “Sleepless Night” and not only does our protagonist get stabbed but someone gets shot. Before he can even really patch the wound in his gut, his son Thomas is kidnapped and held by the man whose drugs he lifted. There’s a deal that needs to go down. Bring the drugs to the club, trade them for his loved one, and walk away.
Chicago – “Sleepless Night” is a relentless thriller about corrupt cops, a kidnapping, a very bad drug deal, and a French nightclub filled with innocent bystanders. The majority of this accomplished action flick takes place in one location on one crazy night and the result is a more intense, visceral experience than a vast majority of the Hollywood blockbusters you could see this Summer movie season.
A corrupt cop named Vincent steals a bag filled with cocaine from a dangerous crime lord in the opening scene of “Sleepless Night” and not only does our protagonist get stabbed but someone gets shot. Before he can even really patch the wound in his gut, his son Thomas is kidnapped and held by the man whose drugs he lifted. There’s a deal that needs to go down. Bring the drugs to the club, trade them for his loved one, and walk away.
- 7/27/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
So “The Avengers” knocked it out of the park, huh? With a $600 million intake worldwide and lots and lots of good reviews, Joss Whedon and the folks over at Marvel can probably even one-up James Cameron at the next Masters of the Hollywood Universe fete. (That sounds fun, doesn’t it? I’d go to a party like that.) This weekend is a little smaller, but looking good nonetheless. A number of foreign films that have done well in the festival circuit, and the latest eyefeast from Burton and Co. hit theaters today, providing quite a lot of competition – if not dazzling CGI and budget – for the massive blockbuster winner of last week. Let’s see how they measure up.
Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows,” an adaptation of a 1960s television show, opens this weekend, with Johnny Depp playing Barnabas, a wealthy landowner-turned-vampire that is awoken after a 200-year nap in the ground,...
Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows,” an adaptation of a 1960s television show, opens this weekend, with Johnny Depp playing Barnabas, a wealthy landowner-turned-vampire that is awoken after a 200-year nap in the ground,...
- 5/11/2012
- by Emma Bernstein
- The Playlist
How about a feature film involving a cop running frantically through a packed nightclub, music booming, and vicious fights and scuffles breaking out all over the place? Oh, and an in-motion car battle, too. Sounds like a blast right? Of course, but it also sounds like quite the challenge for director Frédéric Jardin. Sleepless Night tells the story of Vincent (Tomer Sisley), a cop taking part in a drug heist that goes horribly wrong. Vincent gets the coke, but in the process, the enemy learns his identity. Shortly after, Vincent finds out his son has been kidnapped and the only way to get him back is to head over to Marciano.s (Serge Riaboukine) nightclub and return the drugs. Trouble is, a pair of Internal Affairs officers is onto him and when they spot Vincent in the nightclub, they complicate what could have been an easy handoff. It. ...
- 4/26/2012
- cinemablend.com
Title: Sleepless Night Director: Frédéric Jardin Cast: Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine and Julien Boisselier It seems like this year, simple high concept action films seem to be the trend. There’s, of course, “The Raid: Redemption,” a film that is a self contained, high octane, martial arts showcase; and for the Tribeca Film Festival we have “Sleepless Night.” A film that follows suit with its single location nature and high stakes action aesthetic, only with “Sleepless Night” we have a deeper narrative and poignant character moments. “Sleepless Night” follows Vincent (Tomer Sisley), a crooked cop involved in a drug heist gone wrong. Gangsters find out about the drug heist and his [ Read More ]...
- 4/25/2012
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Containment thrillers can often be limited by the landscape of their locale, but in the French film “Sleepless Night,” the nightclub where corrupt cop Vincent (Tomer Sisley) races to rescue his son is expansive enough to make it seem like a mini-mall. Writer-director Frederic Jardin somehow manages to squeeze every last drop of claustrophobia from the massive, multilevel building, even after he’s filled it wall-to-wall with clubgoers, diners, socialites, and especially the odd assortment of cops and crooks who all have a stake in Vincent’s future. Although it’s quite deservedly scheduled for an American remake via the folks at Warner Brothers, “Sleepless Night” is the kind of entertainment that requires little translation to succeed, as its characters and story are so cleanly and cleverly designed that they would work in virtually any language.
The majority of the action in “Sleepless Night” is fallout from the botched drug...
The majority of the action in “Sleepless Night” is fallout from the botched drug...
- 4/23/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Playlist
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: “Sleepless Night” and “The Raid” were the two breakout hits from this year’s Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival. Both were so popular, they’ve already triggered American remakes. But you want to know when you can see the originals, right? Of course.
So, good news. Tribeca Film announced today that it has acquired all U.S. rights to “Sleepless Night,” which will be released in 2012 on VOD and theatrically by Tribeca Film. Warner Bros. recently acquired the English-language remake rights to the film, which is directed by Frédéric Jardin.
“I am thrilled and honored to work with Tribeca for the North American release of Sleepless Night,” Jardin said. “It’s a superb opportunity for my film.”
From the release:
Sleepless Night tells the story of Vincent, a respected and dedicated police officer, or so it seems. After stealing a...
Hollywoodnews.com: “Sleepless Night” and “The Raid” were the two breakout hits from this year’s Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival. Both were so popular, they’ve already triggered American remakes. But you want to know when you can see the originals, right? Of course.
So, good news. Tribeca Film announced today that it has acquired all U.S. rights to “Sleepless Night,” which will be released in 2012 on VOD and theatrically by Tribeca Film. Warner Bros. recently acquired the English-language remake rights to the film, which is directed by Frédéric Jardin.
“I am thrilled and honored to work with Tribeca for the North American release of Sleepless Night,” Jardin said. “It’s a superb opportunity for my film.”
From the release:
Sleepless Night tells the story of Vincent, a respected and dedicated police officer, or so it seems. After stealing a...
- 11/4/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Frederic Jardin's action thriller Sleepless Night goes to Tribeca Film. Warners has a remake plans. The French film which made its premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, will find release in theaters next year, as well as get a VOD release. Starring in Sleepless Night (a.k.a. Nuit blanche) which is produced by Marco Cherqui and Lauranne Bourrachot, are Tomer Sisley, Joey Starr, Julien Boisselier, Serge Riaboukine and Laurent Stocker. Jardin wrote the script with Nicolas Saada and Olivier Douyere which follows a Paris cop who, after stealing a large haul of cocaine, races through a packed nightclub, corrupt cops as well as drug dealers, and corrupt cops...
- 11/4/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Frederic Jardin's action thriller Sleepless Night goes to Tribeca Film. Warners has a remake plans. The French film which made its premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, will find release in theaters next year, as well as get a VOD release. Starring in Sleepless Night (a.k.a. Nuit blanche) which is produced by Marco Cherqui and Lauranne Bourrachot, are Tomer Sisley, Joey Starr, Julien Boisselier, Serge Riaboukine and Laurent Stocker. Jardin wrote the script with Nicolas Saada and Olivier Douyere which follows a Paris cop who, after stealing a large haul of cocaine, races through a packed nightclub, corrupt cops as well as drug dealers, and corrupt cops...
- 11/4/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI Fest 2011 World Cinema Selections Arirang: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. Dir Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ Du Flore: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel stories connected by music about a Montreal D.J. and a mother devoted to her special-needs son. Dir/Scr Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier. Canada. U.S. Premiere. Extraterrestrial: Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo’s surprising second feature finds an alien invasion providing the backdrop for one of the most delightful romantic comedies in years. Dir/Scr Nacho Vigalondo. Cast Julian Villagran, Michelle Jenner, Raul Cimas, Carlos Areces, Miguel Noguera. Spain. Faust: Russian Ark director...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Bird (L’Oiseau)
Written by Yves Caumon
Directed by Yves Caumon
2011, France
A decade ago Sandrine Kiberlain starred in Claude Miller’s thriller Alias Betty, as the bereaved mother at the centre of a bizarre kidnap plot. Her character in Yves Caumon’s The Bird has also lost a child, but this is a very different kind of story – a character study that puts the focus squarely on Kiberlain’s superlative performance.
The Bird does take its time revealing the backstory of Anne (Kiberlain), an attractive but rather aloof blonde who works as a kitchen hand in Bordeaux. Fending off the attentions of handsome chef Raphaël (Clément Sibony), she returns to an empty apartment, a sink full of dirty dishes and unexplained noises that keep her awake.
Caumon’s screenplay prefers the slow accumulation of details about Anne’s daily routine, rather than much in the way of dialogue.
Written by Yves Caumon
Directed by Yves Caumon
2011, France
A decade ago Sandrine Kiberlain starred in Claude Miller’s thriller Alias Betty, as the bereaved mother at the centre of a bizarre kidnap plot. Her character in Yves Caumon’s The Bird has also lost a child, but this is a very different kind of story – a character study that puts the focus squarely on Kiberlain’s superlative performance.
The Bird does take its time revealing the backstory of Anne (Kiberlain), an attractive but rather aloof blonde who works as a kitchen hand in Bordeaux. Fending off the attentions of handsome chef Raphaël (Clément Sibony), she returns to an empty apartment, a sink full of dirty dishes and unexplained noises that keep her awake.
Caumon’s screenplay prefers the slow accumulation of details about Anne’s daily routine, rather than much in the way of dialogue.
- 10/11/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
There's been a lot of good criticism about action movies lately. Matthias Stork and Jim Emerson's "Chaos Cinema" and "In the Cut" video essays have got people asking the question: what makes a good action movie? I've just seen the answer; it's a French thriller called "Sleepless Night." Without being didactic in any way, it is action movie as criticism of action movies, leading by example in an era of incoherent films with stale aesthetics. After a long day at Fantastic Fest, a midnight screening of "Sleepless Night" woke me up more effectively than any cup of coffee I've ever had in my life. Hours later, I was still riding the high. So the movie's not only great, the title's accurate too.
Exposition is kept to a minimum; action defines character. Impressions are made, then upended by new revelations, onion-peeling style. We open on a daring daytime heist. Two men,...
Exposition is kept to a minimum; action defines character. Impressions are made, then upended by new revelations, onion-peeling style. We open on a daring daytime heist. Two men,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Director: Frédéric Jardin Writer: Nicolas Saada Starring: Tomer Sisley, Joey Starr, Julien Boisselier, Serge Riaboukine, Laurent Stocker, Samy Seghir, Dominique Bettenfeld, Adel Bencherif, Birol Ünel, Lizzie Brocheré In the time span of a brutally intense 24 hours -- including a sleepless night for everyone involved in the film -- director Frédéric Jardin's Sleepless Night begins with a drug heist gone horribly awry and snowballs into a relentless powerhouse of non-stop action from that point onward. In a tale in which there are very few good guys and countless shades of baddies, it is difficult to surmise where the protagonist, Vincent (Tomer Sisley), falls. As fate would have it, Vincent possesses a bag of cocaine that was stolen from two cronies employed by a local drug lord named Marciano (Serge Riaboukine). Marciano therefore kidnaps Vincent's son and offers Vincent a trade -- the boy for the cocaine. Left with no other choice,...
- 9/24/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Yesterday marked the kickoff of the annual Fantastic Fest, a genre film festival held down in Austin by the Alamo Drafthouse that focuses on oddities and purely awesome films, 75 of them to be accurate. The festival line-up defies a specific description, as it is essentially anything that the creators and runners deem as awesome. Most of the films are foreign, with genre elements as sci-fi, horror, exploitation and more are explored. Truly, this is a place you go to expose yourself to films that you will likely never see again in a theatre, and certainly not with an audience that is just as interested in discovery. This year marks the second Fantastic Fest for myself, and it is an experience that can’t be replicated.
One of the big talking points last year was the online reservation system for securing tickets. Fantastic Fest has three basic badges: VIP, press and general.
One of the big talking points last year was the online reservation system for securing tickets. Fantastic Fest has three basic badges: VIP, press and general.
- 9/23/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sleepless Night already made a huge impact with film-goers following its screening at Tiff this year. By the time Andy and I had left the theater after today’s enthusiastic showing at Fantastic Fest, Warner Bros. had already picked up the remake rights to the film. Frederic Jardin’s twisted tale of dirty cops and greasy gangsters is a speeding get-away car that barrels down the highway at 100 mph threatening to tip over with every bend in the road. Thankfully, the tight script and quick editing make this a contender as one of the best films of the fest after only the first day of the festival.
Sleepless Night opens with a pair of masked men holding up a car carrying cocaine in the middle of the day. The loud gunshots, subtle but unnerving music, and gritty film style are very reminiscent of Michael Mann’s Heat or the opening scene of The Dark Knight.
Sleepless Night opens with a pair of masked men holding up a car carrying cocaine in the middle of the day. The loud gunshots, subtle but unnerving music, and gritty film style are very reminiscent of Michael Mann’s Heat or the opening scene of The Dark Knight.
- 9/23/2011
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Sleepless Night is a fitting title for Frederic Jardin’s adrenaline-pumping film about a detective and father who puts everything on the line in the name of doing what’s right. The film is an exciting, non-stop, action/suspense flick that begins by jumping right into the guts of the situation, pulling the audience into the beef of the adventure within the first 30 minutes. From here, Sleepless Night is a fast-paced, kinetically-driven story that builds momentum, upon momentum, upon even more momentum until the very last moment, climaxing at the precise point in the story where one minute more would have been too much. Sleepless Night is the best French film of its type since Jcvd (2008).
When Vincent (Tomer Sisley) appears to be a cop gone bad, pulling what seems to be a heist on a local crime boss in the name of desperation for his family, we’re inclined...
When Vincent (Tomer Sisley) appears to be a cop gone bad, pulling what seems to be a heist on a local crime boss in the name of desperation for his family, we’re inclined...
- 9/23/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
[1] I walked out of an early Toronto International Film Festival press screening 10 days ago ranting and raving about Frédéric Jardin's incredible French contained action thriller Sleepless Night. I posted an enthusiastic review [2] on September 12th calling it "one of the best and tightest written action thrillers I've seen in the past few years" and predicted that some lucky Hollywood studio would be developing a big budget American remake within the week. I was a little off in my prediction timeline, but ten days later The Hollywood Reporter [3] has learned that Warner Bros and Roy Lee will be producing the English-language adaptation. Lee is probably best known as the producer of some of the hotter Asian-to-American remakes of the last decade, include The Ring series, The Departed, The Grudge series, The Eye, as well as How to Train Your Dragon and Abduction. Lee has a long list of projects in...
- 9/23/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Corruption, betrayal, a drug heist gone bad, and a few dirty cops, Sleepless Night is the newest "lean, mean" action film to come out of Tiff. The trailer for Frédéric Jardin's French thriller reveals more than it should, but you get a taste for the film's frenetic vibe thanks to a little help from Clint Eastwood's cinematographer, Tom Stern. The drugs in question belong to a mobster and nightclub owner (Serge Riaboukine). The cop (Tomer Sisley) in question has been running a thieving side biz for himself. His son has been taken as collateral until the stash is returned. Enter a female rookie officer who has been tailing the corrupt lieutenant to complicate matters. Peter at /Film called Sleepless Night "one of the best contained action...
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- 9/13/2011
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Sleepless Night / Nuit Blanche Trailer. Frédéric Jardin‘s Sleepless Night / Nuit Blanche (2011) movie trailer stars Tomer Sisley, Birol Unel, Laurent Demianoff, Dean Constantin Gaigani, and Joey Starr. Sleepless Night / Nuit Blanche‘s plot synopsis: “Vincent (Tomer Sisley) is a police lieutenant who also does some side work as a drug mule. A drop-off goes bad and the coke gets stuck with Vincent. The next day his son is kidnapped by the thug Jose Marciano (Serge Riaboukine) who also happens to own a massive nightclub. Going to retrieve his son, a pair of cops are also on his tail to stir things up.”
I like the trailer but it gives away everything, it is basically a video synopsis of the entire film. This seems more like a sales trailer than a theatrical movie trailer. It could also be a complete lack of common sense. The film does look good though.
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I like the trailer but it gives away everything, it is basically a video synopsis of the entire film. This seems more like a sales trailer than a theatrical movie trailer. It could also be a complete lack of common sense. The film does look good though.
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- 9/13/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
[1] Frédéric Jardin's french film Sleepless Night might be one of the best and tightest written action thrillers I've seen in the past few years. The film is kind of like Die Hard meets 24 by way of Taken, but never falling into many of the genre cliches set-up by those films. A drug heist goes wrong in the streets of Paris, as one of the drug carriers escapes after stabbing one of the thieves and getting a glimpse of his face. It turns out, the two masked men are actually two police officers who decided to plan the heist because they really needed money. The film stars Tomer Sisley as Vincent, a lieutenant who now has a bad stab wound he is unable to get treated in fear that he will be connected with the incident, and a huge bag of coke. [2] The bag of coke belongs to a powerful...
- 9/12/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
The Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival is usually filled with your fair share of blood, gore and other twisted torment. Part of their currently stellar line-up this year (just look at The Raid, Kill List, God Bless America and more coming) is Sleepless Night. Breaking the mold of what is usually present in the late Ryerson showings, Frédéric Jardin‘s French crime thriller is all about upping the tension with every scene.
Vincent (Tomer Sisley) is a police lieutenant who also does some side work as a drug mule. A drop-off goes bad and the coke gets stuck with Vincent. The next day his son is kidnapped by the thug Jose Marciano (Serge Riaboukine) who also happens to own a massive nightclub. Going to retrieve his son, a pair of cops are also on his tail to stir things up, followed by the criminals who are...
Vincent (Tomer Sisley) is a police lieutenant who also does some side work as a drug mule. A drop-off goes bad and the coke gets stuck with Vincent. The next day his son is kidnapped by the thug Jose Marciano (Serge Riaboukine) who also happens to own a massive nightclub. Going to retrieve his son, a pair of cops are also on his tail to stir things up, followed by the criminals who are...
- 9/12/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
A cinematheque curator would have a tough time running a series on French filmmaker Yves Caumon. Unlike the prolific Ozon, Caumon, a full time film professor takes his time between his film - his notable first two have been the Cannes selected 2001's Amours d’enfance and 2005's Cache-cache. Cineuropa.org reports that Caumon's third film has taken flight. L'oiseau which has already begun lensing with Sandrine Kiberlain (Mademoiselle Chambon) in the lead, alongside Clément Sibony, Bruno Todeschini and Serge Riaboukine. Scripted by Caumon, the film centres on Anne (Kiberlain) who has lost a child. With no friends and no love, her life seems to be over already. Nobody sees or notices her and she ensures it stays that way. She effectively retires from life, in the middle of everyone. But one day, years later, a bird falls into the chimney shaft of her home and everything changes. Logic would...
- 7/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Kids today? Trouble just finds them, man. So glad we're past the days of puberty, acne, high school, and oh yeah, mysterious corpses found in the bushes. Okay, so we're not exactly past that last one, but damnit, we're not alone either!
Exploring these subjects is the upcoming French film from Fabrice Gobert, Lights Out. Starring Jules Pelissier, Ana Girardot, Serge Riaboukine, and Laurent Capelluto, Lights Out is now in post production for release sometime later this year. Dig on the plot crunch and sales art below.
Synopsis
March, 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol-fueled party teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, did not show up for class. Blood stains are found in a classroom. Runaway, kidnap, suicide, murder?
A few days later Laetitia, a student from the same class,...
Exploring these subjects is the upcoming French film from Fabrice Gobert, Lights Out. Starring Jules Pelissier, Ana Girardot, Serge Riaboukine, and Laurent Capelluto, Lights Out is now in post production for release sometime later this year. Dig on the plot crunch and sales art below.
Synopsis
March, 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris. During an alcohol-fueled party teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless. Two weeks earlier Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, did not show up for class. Blood stains are found in a classroom. Runaway, kidnap, suicide, murder?
A few days later Laetitia, a student from the same class,...
- 4/21/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Fango heard from the producers at Alterego Films, who passed on the international poster seen below for their soon-to-premiere shocker Lady Blood. They also let us know that an official website has opened for the movie here, where a teaser trailer can be seen.
Set to premiere at next month’s American Film Market and represented for worldwide distribution by DC Medias, Lady is the sequel to Alain Robak’s Baby Blood (a.k.a. The Evil Within), following the further adventures of Yanka (returning Emmanuelle Escourrou), who once harbored an unborn child that compelled her to kill. Now happily married to a psychiatrist and working as a chief of police, she finds her life becoming a nightmare again when she investigates crimes that bear a gruesome resemblance to those she committed while under the evil baby’s influence. Jean-Marc Vincent directed the film, and scripted with Escourrou and Hubert Chardot...
Set to premiere at next month’s American Film Market and represented for worldwide distribution by DC Medias, Lady is the sequel to Alain Robak’s Baby Blood (a.k.a. The Evil Within), following the further adventures of Yanka (returning Emmanuelle Escourrou), who once harbored an unborn child that compelled her to kill. Now happily married to a psychiatrist and working as a chief of police, she finds her life becoming a nightmare again when she investigates crimes that bear a gruesome resemblance to those she committed while under the evil baby’s influence. Jean-Marc Vincent directed the film, and scripted with Escourrou and Hubert Chardot...
- 10/30/2008
- Fangoria
A simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them, this French import is finally receiving a theatrical release after several years of acclaim on the festival circuit.
As with many other recent European films, the story is told through the eyes of children -- specifically, a 5-year-old girl and her older sister, who react in quite different ways to the sudden return of their uncle Coco. Coco, who disappeared for 15 years, claims to have been in the French Foreign Legion, an explanation that is readily accepted by his mother. His older brother Francky, a troubled cop who has recently been suspended from his job, and his younger brother Alex, are more suspicious.
Coco is warmly embraced by his little niece, who responds to his air of distracted vulnerability, but her older sister Christelle is disturbed by his presence. Her instincts soon prove correct, as Coco eventually proves capable of psychopathic outbursts of extreme brutality. The director stages these episodes in a rigorous, realistic style that removes them of all flashiness.
The film is occasionally heavy-handed in its examination of the way men are prone to physically abusing women -- even the genial Alex is depicted as preparing for a job as a pimp -- but its portrait of cozy domesticity undone by violence is ultimately quite haunting. Credit Helene Angel's subtle and assured direction, which gives the film an air of sustained tension, and the uniformly strong performances by the cast, especially Bernard Blancan, effectively creepy as Coco, and Serge Riaboukine, who won the best actor award at the Locarno (Switzerland) Film Festival for his portrayal of the volatile Francky.
As with many other recent European films, the story is told through the eyes of children -- specifically, a 5-year-old girl and her older sister, who react in quite different ways to the sudden return of their uncle Coco. Coco, who disappeared for 15 years, claims to have been in the French Foreign Legion, an explanation that is readily accepted by his mother. His older brother Francky, a troubled cop who has recently been suspended from his job, and his younger brother Alex, are more suspicious.
Coco is warmly embraced by his little niece, who responds to his air of distracted vulnerability, but her older sister Christelle is disturbed by his presence. Her instincts soon prove correct, as Coco eventually proves capable of psychopathic outbursts of extreme brutality. The director stages these episodes in a rigorous, realistic style that removes them of all flashiness.
The film is occasionally heavy-handed in its examination of the way men are prone to physically abusing women -- even the genial Alex is depicted as preparing for a job as a pimp -- but its portrait of cozy domesticity undone by violence is ultimately quite haunting. Credit Helene Angel's subtle and assured direction, which gives the film an air of sustained tension, and the uniformly strong performances by the cast, especially Bernard Blancan, effectively creepy as Coco, and Serge Riaboukine, who won the best actor award at the Locarno (Switzerland) Film Festival for his portrayal of the volatile Francky.
- 7/16/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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