Sleepless Night (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Frederic Jardin |
| Written by | Frederic Jardin Nicolas Saada[1] |
| Produced by | Lauranne Bourachot Marco Cherqui[1] |
| Starring | Dominique Bettenfeld Adel Bencherif Julien Boisselier[1] |
| Cinematography | Tom Stern[1] |
| Edited by | Christophe Pinel[1] |
| Music by | Nicolas Errera[2] |
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| Distributed by | Tribeca Film |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Countries | France Belgium Luxembourg[1][2] |
Sleepless Night (Template:Lang-fr) is a 2011 French-Belgian-Luxembourgian thriller film directed and co-written by Frederic Jardin. The film stars Tomer Sisley as Vincent, a police detective who plans to rob a pair of drug couriers when he finds that the cocaine he has is owned by nightclub owner and drug dealer Jose Marciano (Serge Riaboukine). Marciano kidnaps Jardin's son and with the demand that he will be returned if his cocaine is returned. Just Vincent finalizes the deal, he finds that his cocaine has vanished.
The film premiered in 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival and has received positive reviews from critics.
Release
Sleepless Night premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was also shown at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.[4] In September 2011, Warner Bros. Studios bought the rights for an American remake.[3]
Tribeca Film purchased the American rights to the film for theatrical and video-on-demand distribution.[3]
Reception
Sleepless Night was received very well by critics on its original release. The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 24.[5] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 76, based on 11 reviews.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Sleepless Night (2011)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ a b Nelson, Rob (September 30, 2011). "Sleepless Night". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c Cox, Gordon (November 4, 2011). "Tribeca rises for 'Sleepless'". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Sleepless Night (2011)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Sleepless Night (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Sleepless Night". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved October 15, 2012.