Nuit #1 (2012)
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63% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(338 ratings)
Clara and Nikolaï meet at a rave. They return to Nikolaï's apartment and make love. Afterwards, instead of parting, the two lovers divulge their deepest secrets to one another. Nicolaï is a beautiful loser. At thirty-one years old, he leads a simple and frugal life. He applies himself to reading… More Clara and Nikolaï meet at a rave. They return to Nikolaï's apartment and make love. Afterwards, instead of parting, the two lovers divulge their deepest secrets to one another. Nicolaï is a beautiful loser. At thirty-one years old, he leads a simple and frugal life. He applies himself to reading the great classics of literature but never finishes a book he has begun. Unable to submit to any schedule, he finds himself unfit for work. He envisions big projects and has large ideas but, inevitably and despite himself, loses sight of them beforethey are realized. Clara, like Nikolaï, seems not to be made for this world. She leads a double life. By day, she works as a third grade teacher; by night, she is a compulsive party-girl. She goes out every night, gets drunk and high and sleeps with men, women or both at once. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Anne Émond
- Written By
- Anne Émond
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 27, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Adopt Films
Critic Reviews
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Some of their dialogue is twaddle -- they're not philosophers -- but the feelings are electric.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Like a filmed stage piece, a series of monologues in which the characters reveal their unhappiness without offering a hint that they might change.
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Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Returning to some of the same themes she explored in her short films, Émond continues her smart contemplation of youth and the difficulties of making meaningful emotional connections in these times.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent.
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Despite the allure of the actors and some witty lines, it's ultimately quite wearying to be confronted with such determination to turn youth and good looks into existential burdens.
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Cast
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Catherine de Léan
as Clara
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Dimitri Storoge
as Nikolaï
