Sleepless Night (2011 film)

Sleepless Night (French: Nuit Blanche) is a 2011 action thriller film directed and co-written by Frédéric Jardin. The film premiered in 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and has received positive reviews from critics.

Sleepless Night
Directed by	Frédéric Jardin
Produced by	Lauranne Bourachot Marco Cherqui[1]
Written by	Frédéric Jardin Nicolas Saada[1]
Starring	Tomer Sisley Adel Bencherif Julien Boisselier Serge Riaboukine[1] Pom Klementieff
Music by	Nicolas Errèra[2]
Cinematography	Tom Stern[1]
Edited by	Christophe Pinel[1]
Production company	Chic Films Motion Investment Group Saga Film[1]
Distributed by	Tribeca Films
Release date	November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16) (France)
Running time	89 minutes[1]
Country	France Belgium Luxembourg[1][2]
Language	French[2]
Budget	$4.6 million
Box office	$430,000[3]

Plot

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 Vincent's son with the demand that he will be returned if his cocaine is returned. Just as Vincent finalizes the deal, he finds that his cocaine has vanished. The rest of the story focuses on him finding an alternate way to save his son.

Production

Actor Tomer Sisley took the role in the immediately after reading the script.[4] Sisley performed all his own stunts in the film, stating "I think that it is always better for the movie because it allows him [Frédéric Jardin] to put the camera wherever he wants."[4]

The dance club in the film was built for the film. As a requirement of being a joint Belgian-French-Luxembourgian production, the film had to be partially shot in these locations having the dance club scene shot in Belgium and the kitchen and parking scenes shot in Luxembourg.[4] For the fight scene in the kitchen, director Jardin desired "a fight that would be interesting for people who don’t like fights in films. Not just for crazy people who like kung-fu movies."[4] Sisley was familiar with martial arts and boxing and jujitsu worked on the choreography for the fight scene before having a location or the scene.[4]

Release

Sleepless Night premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was also shown at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.[6] In September 2011, Warner Bros. Studios bought the rights for an American remake.[5] The film was released in France on November 11, 2011.[7] The film was the 15th highest-grossing film in France on its opening week and grossed a total of $298,383.[7]

Tribeca Film purchased the American rights to the film for theatrical and video-on-demand distribution.[5]

Reception

Sleepless Night was received very well by critics on its original release. The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 97% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 32 review with an average score of 7.53/10.[8] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 75, based on 11 reviews.[9]

Remake

Two remakes were announced in 2015, an American remake starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan with Swiss director Baran bo Odar attached to the project,[10] and an Indian remake Thoongaa Vanam[11] starring Kamal Haasan directed by Rajesh M. Selva, a former assistant in the actor's directorial ventures.[11] The Hindi remake will star Abhishek Bachchan and will be directed by Raj Purohit under the banners of T-Series and Karma Media and Entertainment.

References

1. "Sleepless Night (2011)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
2. Nelson, Rob (September 30, 2011). "Sleepless Night". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
3. JP. "Nuit blanche (Sleepless Night) (2011)- JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
4. Singer, Matt (May 11, 2012). "'Sleepless Night' Interview". Screen Crush. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
5. Cox, Gordon (November 4, 2011). "Tribeca rises for 'Sleepless'". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
6. "Sleepless Night (2011)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
7. "Sleepless Night (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
8. "Sleepless Night (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
9. "Sleepless Night". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
10. "T.I., Dermot Mulroney Join Jamie Foxx Action Film 'Sleepless Night' (Exclusive)".
11. "Thoongavanam, remake of a French film? - Times of India".

External links

• Sleepless Night on IMDb
• Sleepless Night at Rotten Tomatoes