NOCTURAMA World Cinema

Bertrand Bonello returns to AFI FEST with his latest film, which follows a pack of Parisian teenagers from different backgrounds over the course of one day as they carry out a series of planned attacks throughout the city. Once their plans have been set in motion, they meet at a department store to wait out the night. Inspired by the current climate of political disillusionment and frustration felt by youth worldwide, Bonello focuses not on the why of his protagonists’ actions, but instead on how a group of kids could execute such a plan, and what happens once it is over. Bonello, along with his director of photography Léo Hinstin, carefully arranges the mise-en-scène and divides the film into two parts, with the before and after colliding in a beautifully constructed film about an uncomfortable topic. NOCTURAMA serves as a warning of what society has taught our children. — Jenn Murphy

Bertrand Bonello has been a Cannes regular with THE PORNOGRAPHER (2001), which won the FIPRESCI Prize; TIRESIA (2003); ON WAR (2008); HOUSE OF PLEASURES (2011); and SAINT LAURENT (AFI FEST 2014), France’s official Oscar® entry that year.

Details

Country: France | Germany | Belgium

Year: 2016

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Screenwriter: Bertrand Bonello

Producers: Edouard Weil, Alice Girard

Director of Photography: Léo Hinstin

Editor: Fabrice Rouaud

Production Designer: Katia Wyszkop

Music: Bertrand Bonello

Cast/Featuring: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Martin Guyot, Jamil Mc Craven, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laure Valentinelli, Ilias Le Doré, Robin Goldbronn, Luis Rego, Hermine Karagheuz, Adèle Haenel

Running Time (minutes): 130 min

Language: French

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