Nuits Sans Sommeil
Stories keep me awake at night
“Nuits sans sommeil” est le portrait d’une enfance au quotidien. Un village, une famille, un petit garçon qui aime porter des robes, le retour du loup et la vie de chaque jour, ordinaire et banale, sont la matière d’un récit qui raconte les désirs enfouis.
“Stories Keep Me Awake At Night” is the portrait of day-to-day childhood. A village, a family, a little boy who likes to wear dresses, the return of the wolf and everyday life, ordinary, banal. These elements are used to tell of hidden desires.
“Stories Keep Me Awake At Night” marks out director Jérémy Van Der Haegen as one to watch – it’s a deeply-rewarding film, digging into our hidden desires.”
PÖFF Black Night Film festival, Rebel wit a Cause Competition 2020.
“Jérémy van der Haegen’s film could echo deeply to many gay or queer men who lived that moment in their childhood when they were not sure about their gender belonging. But the qualities of STORIES KEEP ME AWAKE AT NIGHT go beyond this sheer identification with the young character. It is also a matter of how the story is told, in a subdued, naturalistic and true-to-life manner. There is an uncanny quality to the storytelling style of the film that places it at a crossroad between a (cruel) fairytale and a tender coming-of-age story.”
Head of the Jury Paolo Bertolin (Cannes Director’s Fortnight and the Venice Film Festival).
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Full film
With
Vidal Arzoni
Jessica Batut
Alyssia Desmeth
Sébastien Vion
Florian Dubois
Director/screenplay
Jérémy van der Haegen
Cinematography and camera
Thomas Schira
Sound engineer
Bruno Schweisguth
Film editing
Thomas Vandecasteele
Sound designing and Mix
Chocolat-Noisette
Set Designer
Léo Lagarde
Costume designer
Nousch Ruellan
First director assistant
Pauline Roque
First camera assistant
Caroline Guimbal
Chief electrician
Alice Vouland
Production manager
Noémie Duclos
Location manager
Marianne Knecht
Kid Coach
Claire Delahousse
Production
Aurélien Bodinaux (Neon rouge productions)
Jérémy van der Haegen (After Hours ASBL)
With the help of the audiovisual and cinema centre of the French community of Belgium and Walloon Television distributors and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government.
© NRW SPRL Neon Rouge Productions 2020