Tu dors Nicole

Tu Dors Nicole (English: You're Sleeping Nicole) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film had a limited release (in Montreal) on 22 August 2014, followed by a general Quebec theatrical release on 29 August 2014.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Tu dors Nicole
Film poster
Directed byStéphane Lafleur
Written byStéphane Lafleur
StarringJulianne Côté
Marc-André Grondin
CinematographySara Mishara
Release date
  • 20 May 2014 (2014-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[4][5]

The film stars Julianne Côté as Nicole, a young woman who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with her quiet small-town life over the course of a summer.

Reception

The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lafleur), Best Actress (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Marc-André Grondin), Best Supporting Actress (Catherine St-Laurent) and Best Original Screenplay (Lafleur).[6]

Tu Dors Nicole had nine Jutra Award nominations (the second-most of any film for 2014),[7] winning for Best Sound (Sylvain Bellemare, Pierre Bertrand, and Bernard Gariépy Strobl) and Best Original Music (Rémi Nadeau-Aubin and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux).[8]

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Tu Dors Nicole Best Canadian Film of 2014, and also honoured it for Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Côté) and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Grondin).[9]

It has a Metacritic score of 79%.[10]

Released in the United States under the title Tu Dors Nicole,[11] the film garnered positive reviews in The New York Times[12] and other publications, for an average rating of 7.9/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.[13]

Home video

Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray and DVD of Tu Dors Nicole, to be released on 27 October 2015.[14]

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References
  1. "Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled". Screendaily. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. "Tu dors Nicole". Cinoche.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. "TIFF Tips Its Toque to the Best in Canadian Filmmaking: Cronenberg, Dolan, and Gunnarson Among Directors Recognized" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. Linda Barnard (1 December 2014). "TIFF's Top Ten Film Festival: Spotlight on Canadian film". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. "Reynolds, Pattinson among film nominees at Canadian Screen Awards". Global News, 13 January 2015.
  7. Éric Moreault (26 January 2015). "Jutra 2015: Xavier Dolan vole la vedette". La Presse. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. Anne Laguë (16 March 2015). "Xavier Dolan s'illustre avec Mommy". La Presse. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  9. "15th Annual Award Winners" (Press release). Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. "Tu Dors Nicole Reviews - Metacritic". metacritic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  11. Michael Nordine (21 June 2015). "The French-Canadian Teen Dreamers of 'Tu dors Nicole'". OZY.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  12. Steven Holden (28 May 2015). "Review: In 'Tu Dors Nicole,' the Daughter Loafs While the Parents Are Away". New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  13. "TU DORS NICOLE (2015)". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  14. "Kino Lorber Releases Tu Dors Nicole on Blu-ray & DVD October 27th" (Press release). Kino Lorber. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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