Still Night, Still Light (French: Mes nuits feront écho) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sophie Goyette and released in 2016.[1] The film stars Éliane Préfontaine as Éliane, a woman dealing with depression who temporarily abandons her life in Montreal and travels to Mexico City, where she stays at a home owned by Romes (Gerardo Trejoluna) and takes a job teaching his son to play piano; Romes, meanwhile, is planning to accompany his ailing father Pablo (Felipe Casanova) on a trip to Asia which may be Pablo's last major dream in his life.[2]
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French | Mes nuits feront écho |
Directed by | Sophie Goyette |
Written by | Sophie Goyette |
Produced by | Sophie Goyette |
Starring | Éliane Préfontaine Gerardo Trejoluna Felipe Casanova |
Cinematography | Léna Mill-Reuillard |
Edited by | Sophie Goyette |
Music by | Éliane Préfontaine |
Distributed by | La Distributrice de films |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | French English Spanish Mandarin |
The film's cast also includes Marie-Ginette Guay and Monique Spaziani.[3] It is thematically related to, but not a direct remake of, Goyette's 2011 short film La Ronde, which also starred Préfontaine.[1]
The film premiered at the 2016 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[4] before opening commercially in January 2017.[5]
The film was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[6]
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