“Nuit #1” by Anne Emond (2011)

(intense) Movies directed by women

Impressive First Features

Great minority presence and message
Excellent personages, dialogues, direction, images and gender content

A young man meets a young woman. Both are haunted by the “mal de vivre” (sickness of living). Their sexual encounter turns into a series of introspective monologues that show how difficult it is to form one’s identity outside a given social context.
Strong acting!
The theme of sex and identity will find a new approach in Anne Emond’s Nelly (2018)

Rotten Tomatoes Critics 6,1
Metascore 6,1
Roger Ebert —
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 6,4
IMDB 6,4
Average critics 6,1
Average public 6,4

Cast: Catherine de Léan, Dimitri Storoge, Véronique Rebizov
Director: Anne Émond
Writer: Anne Émond
Cinematography by Mathieu Laverdière
Film Editing by Mathieu Bouchard-Malo