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Sleepless Nights

2023 · 24 min

A restless, uneasy night walk that keeps you close to a woman coming apart, tense and hard to shake.

Directed by: Donatienne Berthereau
Genres: Drama
Starring: Solène Salvat, Léa Schweitzer, Nans Laborde-Jourdàa

Overview: April 2022 in France. The presidential election is entering its final round and the atmosphere is tense. Solène, a waitress, drifts through the night. She takes drugs, hurts people’s feelings and increasingly loses her grip.

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Directed by: Donatienne Berthereau
Genres: Drama
Starring: Solène Salvat, Léa Schweitzer, Nans Laborde-Jourdàa

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
addiction
politics
identity
guilt
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Donatienne Berthereau
Starring: Solène Salvat, Léa Schweitzer, Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Cinematography: Pauline Doméjean
Runtime: 24 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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