Vendredi soir (2002)

Director:

Claire Denis

Writers:

Emmanuèle Bernheim (novel)
Emmanuèle Bernheim (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 September 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Having packed up her possessions to move in with her lover, Laure is more unsettled than she appears...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Superimposition | Stranger | Cafe | Moving

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Valérie Lemercier	...	Laure
Vincent Lindon	...	Jean
Hélène de Saint-Père	...	Marie
Hélène Fillières	...	La femme fatiguée
Florence Loiret	...	La jeune fille du flipper (as Florence Loiret-Caille)
Grégoire Colin	...	Le jeune homme en parka
Gilles D'Ambra	...	Le mari de la femme fatiguée
Micha Lescot	...	Le réceptionniste
Gianfranco Poddighe	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Nordine Barour	...	Le serveur
Lionel Goldstein	...	L'acheteur
Didier Woldemard	...	Le chauffeur de la camionnette
Nicolas Struve	...	L'homme de l'accrochage
Jérôme Pouly	...	Le deuxième homme de l'accrochage
Nausicaa Meyer	...	La femme de l'accrochage

Also Known As:

Friday Night (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Arena Films

purring chrome creatures all headed somewhere, presumably

Sublime, dreamlike and impressionist take on one night in Paris. There are two people who meet and get it together but this beautifully shot film pays as much attention to the neon sign of a café or the bumper of a car as it does the main protagonists. A transport strike has left the gorgeous Parisian streets grid locked with purring chrome creatures all headed somewhere, presumably. This movie is so good to look at it reminds one of how by taking just that much more care director's could give us this all the time. It is not just the leading actor that has to be lit right but yes the underside of balconies the lettering outside the hotel, even the condom machine. It would be fair to say here that less care seems taken with the appearance of the lead couple than their surroundings and this helps give us an increased sense of the 'reality' of the characters. Beautiful film and the scene in the bar when a third character introduces the erotic element that the main couple will take up is brilliant.