THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Quitter la nuit )

CINEMA COMPETITION
RENOIR THEATRE
Drama, Film Noir

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3
11:00 am (Screening ends at 12:55 pm)

Presented in association with:
Playtime
Women In Film

Directed by: Delphine Girard
Written by: Delphine Girard
Produced by: Jacques Henri-Bronckart & Gwennaëlle Libert (Versus Production), Arlette Zylberberg (RTBF), Carole Scotta & Barbara Letellier (Haut et Court), Sarah Mannering & Fanny Drew (Colonelle Films), Lukas Dhont & Michiel Dhont (The Reunion)
Cinematography: Juliette Van Doermael
Film Editing: Damien Keyeux
Original Score: Ben Shemie
Cast: Selma Alaoui (Aly), Veerle Baetens (Anna), Guillaume Duhesme (Dary), Anne Dorval (Laurence), Gringe (Pierre), Adèle Wismes (Lulu), Erico Salomone, Florence Janas
International Sales: Playtime

Late one night, Aly calls police emergency services. She’s in danger. Anna takes the call. Dary is arrested. Years pass. And Aly, Anna and Dary confront the reverberations of a terrifying night they can’t leave behind. A follow-up to her Oscar-nominated short, A Sister, Delphine Girard‘s debut feature opens as a kind of thriller, but quickly segues into a psychological study of the aftermath of a crime and the lifelong impact it leaves on those in its wake. It also delves into the gray area of consent and the ripple effect of violence on various secondary characters and family members. While the judicial system and law enforcement institutions grapple with how to deal with “victimhood” and the seemingly incomprehensible responses we make when faced with violence and emotional trauma, Through the Night ultimately finds resilience and healing in a kind of sisterhood of mutual love and unconditional support.

Born in Quebec and raised in Belgium, Delphine Girard studied directing at the INSAS film school in Brussels, where she wrote and directed her first short, Monstre (2014). She has served as children’s acting coach and casting director on a handful of films, and subsequently made two more shorts, Caverne (2017), adapted from a short story by American author Holly Goddard Jones; and A Sister, which was nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Short Film. Through the Night, her first feature, premiered at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Giornate degli Autori Audience Award.