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Une Nuit, à Travers Champs
A Night in the Fields
France 2020
produced by
Rafael-Andréa Soatto for Offshore, Pictanovo
directed by Guillaume Grélardon
starring Jérémy Gillet, Félix Lefebvre, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Yoann Zimmer, Alice Carel, Sandrine Salyères, Jitka Grekova, Elisa Delorme, Yoann Jouneau, Samuel Judes, Jean-François Lenogue, Stephen Scardicchio, Benoît Mallet, Moussa Sako, Louison Dequesnes, Émilie Goussot, Mathieu Brulet, Adrien Ledoux
written by Guillaume Grélardon, music by Maxime Catteloin, Lionel Raepsaet, Julien Sens, Clément Simpelaere, Simon Louveau, Sacha Page
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Teenaged Anthony (Jérémy Gillet) has long fallen in love with Océane
(Nadia Tereszkiewicz), but it's only after he protected her against her
clingy ex that she has acknowledged his existence. And it's tonight in the
park that he finally gets to first base - and quite a bit beyond that ...
when she out of the blue catches a ride to the most happening club in the
area. Of course, Anthony would love to join her, but he hasn't got a ride
of his own - so he and his best friend Dylan (Félix Lefebvre) decide to
make it there on foot, even if the club's 10 kilometres out. Thing is,
Dylan has stolen his brother Joe's (Yoann Zimmer) drugs and money, which
means on one hand that high on drugs the walk's only half as hard, plus
they even have the funds to stop at a brothel along the way - something
that ends in minor disaster -, but on the other Dylan has to be on the
constant lookout to stay out of his brother's sight. At the club, Anthony
finds Océane has long hooked up with another guy, whom Anthony beats to a
pulp before being thrown out of the place. And on the way home, Dylan's
brother catches up with them - which is bound to end in a world of hurt
... A rather wonderful slice-of-life movie that really captures
the essence of its story, so much so that probably everyone who has ever
partied in one's teenage years can relate to at least some aspects of the
story, from youthful recklessness to undying friendship, broken hearts to
too much drugs, the degree of naivité and indeed foolishness that comes
with young age to a certain innocence even in sin. And what makes this
film work quite so well is that it doesn't even try to carry any deeper
message or bring across any misguided depth, instead does a great job
translating the feel permeating the story onto the screen - which is of
course helped by an ensemble that feels authentic and relatable. And
essentially, this all adds up to quite a nice trip back to one's own
youth.
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