Friday Night Movie Review 2002

Laure (Lemercier) is packing up her Paris apartment one wintery evening prior to moving in with her lover. She's a little uncertain about the upcoming changes as she heads out to dinner with friends. There's a public transport strike and a massive traffic jam, so Laure takes to watching the stranded commuters, one of whom is burly and calm Jean (Lindon). It's bitterly cold and Laure decides to offer Jean a ride. Laure also decides to cancel her plans and make new ones (the one-night stand kind) with Jean. Based on the novel by Emmanuele Bernheim. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Sex & Sexuality, Up All Night

Screenplay

Claire Denis, Emmanuele Bernheim

Cast

Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon

Cinematography

Agnes Godard

Director

Claire Denis

Music

Dickon Hinchliffe

Other

Jean-Louis Ughetto, Nelly Quettier, Katia Wyszkop, Judy Shrewsbury, Catherine Leterrier

Producer

Bruno Pesery, Arena Films, France 2 Cinema, Wellspring Media