Night Call (film)
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| French | La nuit se traîne[1] |
| Directed by | Michiel Blanchart |
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| Cinematography | Sylvestre Vannoorenberghe[1] |
| Edited by | Matthieu Jamet-Louis[1] |
| Music by | Tanguy Destable[1] |
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Running time | 97 minutes[2] |
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| Language | French[3] |
| Box office | $679,143[4] |
Night Call (French: La nuit se traîne) is a 2024 action thriller film[5][6] directed by Michiel Blanchart in his feature directorial debut,[5] from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Marchand. Set over the course of a night amid a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium, a young locksmith is called for nocturnal assignment that plunges him into danger. It stars Jonathan Feltre, Natacha Krief, Jonas Bloquet and Romain Duris. The film is a co-production between Belgium and France.
Night Call was the opening film at the Biarritz Film Festival - Nouvelles Vagues on 18 June 2024, where it had its world premiere in the International Competition section and won the Audience Award. It was released theatrically in France by Gaumont on 28 August 2024, and in Belgium by Lumière on 4 September 2024. It won the André Cavens Award for Best Film from the Belgian Film Critics Association, and received 11 nomination at the 2025 Magritte Awards, including Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Cast
[edit]- Jonathan Feltre as Mady[7]
- Natacha Krief as Claire[7]
- Jonas Bloquet as Theo[7]
- Romain Duris as Yannick[7]
- Thomas Mustin as Remy[7]
- Sam Louwyck as Greg[7]
- Nabill Mallat as Will[7]
- Claire Bodson as Gina[7]
- Graham Guit as Abel[7]
- Marco Maas as Sam[7]
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Night Call is the first feature film by Belgian director Michiel Blanchart,[5] who wrote the screenplay with the collaboration of French filmmaker Gilles Marchand.[8]
A co-production between Belgium and France, it was produced by Daylight Films, Formosa Productions, Quad Films, Gaumont, France 3 Cinéma, A Private View, RTL, VOO, BeTV, and Proximus.[1]
Filming
[edit]Principal photography took place in Brussels and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium for 35 days between March and April 2023.[9][10][11]
Release
[edit]Night Call was the opening film at the Biarritz Film Festival - Nouvelles Vagues in Biarritz, France on 18 June 2024,[3] where it had its world premiere in the International Competition section.[12]
The film was released theatrically in France by Gaumont on 28 August 2024, and was released in Belgium by Lumière on 4 September 2024.[1]
In May 2024, Magnet Releasing acquired North American distribution rights to the film.[13]
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[15] AlloCiné, a French cinema site, gave the film an average rating of 3.4/5, based on a survey of 24 French reviews.[16]
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award / Festival | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| 2024 | Belgian Film Critics Association | Best Film | Night Call | Won | [17] |
| Biarritz Film Festival - Nouvelles Vagues | International Competition - Best Film | Nominated | [12] | ||
| Audience Award | Won | ||||
| 2025 | Magritte Awards | Best Film | Michiel Blanchart | Pending | [18][19] |
| Best First Feature Film | Pending | ||||
| Best Director | Pending | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Pending | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jonas Bloquet | Pending | |||
| Thomas Mustin | Pending | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Sylvestre Vannoorenberghe | Pending | |||
| Best Sound | David Vranken, David Gillain, Joey Van Impe, Thibaud Rie, Fabrice Grizard, Antoine Wattier, Vincent Gregorio | Pending | |||
| Best Production Design | Catherine Cosme | Pending | |||
| Best Costume Design | Isabel Van Renterghem | Pending | |||
| Best Editing | Matthieu Jamet-Louis | Pending |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Night Call by Michiel Blanchart". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "La nuit se traîne | Visas et Classification". CNC.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Night Call | Biarritz Film Festival". Biarritz Film Festival. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Night Call (2024)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Croll, Ben (22 June 2024). "Belgian Filmmaker Michiel Blanchart on His Action Thriller 'Night Call' Set Amid Black Lives Matter Protest in Belgium". Variety.
- ^ Lorcet, Camille (18 August 2024). ""La nuit se traîne" de Michiel Blanchart: recherche chaos désespérément". Chaos Reign (in French).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "La nuit se traîne - Dossier de presse" (PDF). Unifrance (in French). p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (28 August 2024). "Gaumont's Thriller 'Night Call' Sells Nearly Worldwide as it Opens in French Theaters (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
- ^ Engelen, Aurore (21 April 2023). "Michiel Blanchart shoots his feature debut, La nuit se traine". Cineuropa.
- ^ "La nuit se traine". Screen Brussels (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "La nuit se traine". ScriptOclap (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ a b ""Night Call" wins Audience Award in Biarritz!". WB Images. 24 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (23 May 2024). "Magnet Releasing Takes North America On Michiel Blanchart Thriller 'Night Call'". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Night Call". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Night Call". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Critiques presse pour le film La nuit se traîne". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Le Prix Cavens attribué ex aequo à 'La nuit se traîne' et 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'". La Dernière Heure (in French). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Les Magritte du Cinéma". lesmagritteducinema.com (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Magritte du cinéma 2025 : "La nuit se traîne", nommé 11 fois, en tête des nominations de la 14e édition". La Libre Belgique (in French). 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Night Call at IMDb
- Night Call at AlloCiné (in French)
- Official trailer on YouTube
- Official website
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- 2024 films
- 2024 directorial debut films
- 2020s Belgian films
- 2020s French films
- Belgian action thriller films
- French action thriller films
- French-language Belgian films
- French-language independent films
- 2020s French-language films
- Black Lives Matter art
- Films set in Brussels
- Films shot in Brussels
- Gaumont (company) films
- France 3 Cinéma films