NUIT#1 - Anne Émond

Dienstag 20.11.2012

20.30 Uhr

vorgestellt von Thomas Moritz Helm

NUIT#1 | Canada 2011 | frz. Original, englische UT | 91 Minuten | Toronto Int. Film Festival 2011: Best Canadian First Feature Film & Special Jury Citation, Vancouver Int. Film Festival: Best Canadian Feature Film, Genie Awards: Claude Jutra Award für Anne Émond + Nominierung für Beste Hauptdarstellerin & Bestes Drehbuch, Jutra Award: Nominiert für Bester Film, Beste Regie und Beste Hauptdarstellerin.

Regie & Buch: Anne Émond | Kamera: Mathieu Laverdière | Schnitt: Mathieu Bouchard-Malo | Ausstattung: Eric Barbeau | Produzentin: Nancy Grant | Darsteller: Catherine de Léan & Dimitri Storoge

Anne Émonds dazzling debut feature is a bold and intimate study of a one-night stand. Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. The first part of the film is an erotic and candid portrait of their lovemaking: we witness the mystery, sensuality and awkwardness of that first encounter. They know very little about each other, and we know very little about them. When Nikolai catches Clara trying to sneak out without saying goodbye, this typical hookup takes an unexpected turn.

Set almost entirely in Nikolais unadorned apartment, Nuit #1 focuses closely on the two captivating lead actors, the camera scrutinizing their faces and small, nuanced gestures. Émond has deftly combined spare but elegant form with maximum impact (...) in this sharply perceptive first feature. In a world of technology-mediated contact and fleeting encounters, Nuit #1 is a cathartic chamber piece about two modern young people who dare to go much further. (Toronto Int. Film Festival)

Using long stream-of-consciousness-styled dialogue, the film begins to sweep across a series of issues that infect and reflect relationships these days. It is an intriguing discourse, but it doesn't take advantage of what a film can give a story — the ability to move around, occupy various spaces, create more personal interaction than declamation. As a result, "Nuit #1" often plays like a play rather than a movie: Two characters, three pretty clear acts, almost all of the action unfolding within the confines of an apartment. (Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times)

Here's the thing: This movie would be easy to mock as maudlin and self-important, but there's something about it that can't be dismissed. The monologues may be theatrical and presentational - director Anne Émond made this film when she was 29 and too young to be subtle.
But the characters' voices are alive; and the financial and emotional traps they're in are believable and ultimately moving. These are young lives derailed, people without hope, purpose or moral grounding. "Nuit #1" is an expression of all this and perhaps a symptom of it, too.
What's more - there's no point in denying this - somehow the monologues' effectiveness is partly tied to the fact that we see the actors put it all on the line in that first scene. It throws them into the same stewpot as the characters and raises the stakes all around.
So this is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent. It's committed - some new and highly disturbing version of a really good movie.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Nuit-1-review-Real-sex-raw-emotion-3776134.php#ixzz2Cgc1Ewl7

Here's the thing: This movie would be easy to mock as maudlin and self-important, but there's something about it that can't be dismissed. The monologues may be theatrical and presentational - director Anne Émond made this film when she was 29 and too young to be subtle.
But the characters' voices are alive; and the financial and emotional traps they're in are believable and ultimately moving. These are young lives derailed, people without hope, purpose or moral grounding. "Nuit #1" is an expression of all this and perhaps a symptom of it, too.
What's more - there's no point in denying this - somehow the monologues' effectiveness is partly tied to the fact that we see the actors put it all on the line in that first scene. It throws them into the same stewpot as the characters and raises the stakes all around.
So this is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent. It's committed - some new and highly disturbing version of a really good movie.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Nuit-1-review-Real-sex-raw-emotion-3776134.php#ixzz2Cgc1Ewl7

Here's the thing: This movie would be easy to mock as maudlin and self-important, but there's something about it that can't be dismissed. The monologues may be theatrical and presentational - director Anne Émond made this film when she was 29 and too young to be subtle.
But the characters' voices are alive; and the financial and emotional traps they're in are believable and ultimately moving. These are young lives derailed, people without hope, purpose or moral grounding. "Nuit #1" is an expression of all this and perhaps a symptom of it, too.
What's more - there's no point in denying this - somehow the monologues' effectiveness is partly tied to the fact that we see the actors put it all on the line in that first scene. It throws them into the same stewpot as the characters and raises the stakes all around.
So this is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent. It's committed - some new and highly disturbing version of a really good movie.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Nuit-1-review-Real-sex-raw-emotion-3776134.php#ixzz2Cgc1Ewl7

Here's the thing: This movie would be easy to mock as maudlin and self-important, but there's something about it that can't be dismissed. The monologues may be theatrical and presentational - director Anne Émond made this film when she was 29 and too young to be subtle.
But the characters' voices are alive; and the financial and emotional traps they're in are believable and ultimately moving. These are young lives derailed, people without hope, purpose or moral grounding. "Nuit #1" is an expression of all this and perhaps a symptom of it, too.
What's more - there's no point in denying this - somehow the monologues' effectiveness is partly tied to the fact that we see the actors put it all on the line in that first scene. It throws them into the same stewpot as the characters and raises the stakes all around.
So this is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent. It's committed - some new and highly disturbing version of a really good movie.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Nuit-1-review-Real-sex-raw-emotion-3776134.php#ixzz2Cgc1Ewl7

Here's the thing: This movie would be easy to mock as maudlin and self-important, but there's something about it that can't be dismissed. The monologues may be theatrical and presentational - director Anne Émond made this film when she was 29 and too young to be subtle. But the characters' voices are alive; and the financial and emotional traps they're in are believable and ultimately moving. These are young lives derailed, people without hope, purpose or moral grounding. "Nuit #1" is an expression of all this and perhaps a symptom of it, too.

This is a different kind of movie, as graphic as porn, but not porn, not titillating and not unintelligent. It's committed - some new and highly disturbing version of a really good movie. (Mike LaSalle, SFgate)

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Nuit-1-review-Real-sex-raw-emotion-3776134.php#ixzz2Cgc1Ewl7